Brownfields Utilization Community Sustainability Sustainability

Brownfields Utilization Community Sustainability Sustainability

Brownfields Utilization

Areas of the physical environment, typically a piece of real estate previously owned and used by a chemical or related manufacturing or processing business, that have become contaminated to such an extent that they are not granted permits for use in the town or city where they are located. However, brownfields may be able to be "rehabilitated" or used wisely, in such a way as to minimize dangers to new users. These are brownfields. Brownfield utilization can be extremely important for any given town or city because the site may be at the heart of the industrial center of the old city or town. For an example of a city where the corporation left the site and refuses to permit brownfield use, see Schenectady, NY. For a site that is the opposite and has had corporate cooperation with local authorities and environmental engineers see "Positive Example."

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- Gateway to information on brownfields redevelopment and on Environmental Protection Agency programs to promote restoration and reuse of contaminated lands.

- Scientific and technical information and ideas relating to all aspects of industrially contaminated land, including soil and groundwater problems. Includes announcements of upcoming conferences and events.
- Synopsis of Chapter 264, HB 636 which is New Hampshire's brownfields law.
- Converting a brownfield site into an eco-village in Idaho.
- Reports, program and policy analyses, summaries of pending legislative proposals, and internet links related to brownfield redevelopment in the U.S., particularly financial aspects.
- Portal maintained by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, providing comprehensive information on revitalizing idle industrial sites, including regulations, case studies, decision support tools, and resource directories.
- Criticises a brownfield redevelopment in Amsterdam (Netherlands), saying the worst aspect of the project is the way it is linked to a social vision that rejects social equality.
- A nonprofit educational organization providing information to businesses, professionals, and nonprofits about the benefits of developing environmentally impaired properties.
- EPA emergency response and record of improvement for this city.
- About a sixty five million dollar Superfund redevelopment project in cooperation with the U.S. EPA, VADEQ, and FMC Corporation. Front Royal, Virginia.
- UK Millennium program to help local communities tackle the legacy of post-industrial decay, breathing new life into derelict and neglected land. Includes best practices information and project information and photos.
- Information about brownfields redevelopment projects in California and links to other internet resources on the topic.
- EPA site explaining details of Missouri's major brownfield sites and work to rehabilitate and use them.
- Details of cases, opinions, decisions and references on Michigan's extensive Brownfield's work, by Alan D. Wasserman, Attorney.
- U.S. Conference of Mayors report on the extent of the problem of underutilized and abandoned industrial land in U.S. cities, and the potential economic and environmental benefits of reclaiming this land.
- A New York environmental lawyer's comprehensive compilation and critical review of information and materials relating to brownfields and brownfields reutilization in New York State.
- Established to conduct research on public policy issues relating to environmental, public safety and health concerns. Currently focusing on studies of brownfields cleanup and reuse, primarily evaluating the U.S. brownfields pilot proje
- A forum for discussion where regional, national and international issues on land regeneration and remediating contaminated land can be raised.
- Comprehensive resource for brownfields information. News, events, and reports related to brownfields. Also includes interactive inquiry service for local governments and brownfields experts directory.
- Nonprofit working to repair fractured communities and discourage urban sprawl through training, technical assistance and grants for communities attempting to turn around vacant or environmentally distressed properties.
- Issues, solutions, and information resources related to "land recycling" in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada. Includes numerous brownfields case studies.
- Reports and other resources from U.S. Conference of Mayors.
- Helping communities revitalize "brownfields" -- abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities and land where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
- Development company staff publications, primarily about financial aspects of brownfields redevelopment.
- A brownfields redevelopment case study.
- Information about U.S. EPA Brownfields Pilot in Iowa, designed to create a model for stimulating economic development, apply that model throughout the Rath Area and the City.

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