While the United States government concentrates more of its political and financial resources on fighting terrorism, the continuing decay of older cities and industrial suburbs has fallen far down on the national political priority agenda. An exception is the redevelopment of so-called brownfields, which are abandoned, idled, or underutilized factories, railroad yards, bus stations, garages, el...

The international urban environmental partnerships focus on brownfields redevelopment, smart growth, sustainable transportation and land use, urban watershed management, green buildings, and solid waste recycling (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency = EPA http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/accomp2.htm). The emphasis of this project is a kick-off to detect this specific land use, i.e. brownfields, ...

Brownfields are properties for which redevelopment is hampered by known or suspected contamination and by concerns about associated liability. Because failing to redevelop brownfields may negatively affect welfare and the environment, a number of states have created voluntary programs to reduce liability risks and encourage redevelopment of brownfields. For clean or remediated properties, the s...

Brownfields, idle or under-utilized urban areas, were identified in three parts of the Phoenix metropolitan area using a supervised classification technique using ERDAS Imagine. The brownfields were first evaluated in an area of south Phoenix used as a control site to establish sample training sites. These sites provided the basis for the supervised classification of an ASTER satellite image, w...

I ntroduction Brownfields and land reuse sites (brown­ fields) are formerly used industrial, com­ mercial, and residential properties stigma­ tized by real or perceived contamination. The effects of blight and potential contamination associated with these sites can weigh heav­ ily on communities. Communities with mul­ tiple brownfields tend to have multiple pub­ lic health issues. The issues in...

Efforts to cope with the legacy of our industrial cities--blight, poverty, environmental degradation, ailing communities--have galvanized action across the public and private sectors to move vacant industrial land, also referred to as brownfields, to productive use; to curb sprawling development outside urban areas; and to reinvigorate urban communities. Such efforts, however, may be proceeding...

B rownfield sites are a common eyesore on the edges of many cities; the abandoned, decaying hulks of industrial or commercial structures sit rusting and forgotten while they leach harmful chemicals such as asbestos, solvents or heavy metals into the soil. Some brownfields lie virtually untouched for years because it is often cheaper to expand cities into virgin territory than to demolish large ...

In response to claims that the threat of environmental liability under the Superfund law deters the acquisition of potentially contaminated sites (or “brownfields”) for redevelopment, the federal government has adopted programs to protect purchasers from liability. This protection may be unwarranted, however, if sellers can simply adjust property prices downward to compensate buyers for this li...