Sustainable Brownfield Development - Building a Sustainable Future on Sites of our Polluting Past (Paperback)

While industrial and chemical innovations have contributed extensively to human advancement, the darker part of their legacy has been the hundreds of thousands of polluted sites left behind. Governments at all levels have rallied to support the remediation and reuse of these land resources and put many of the nation's brownfields back into productive use. This book presents two dozen brownfield projects in the United States that have incorporated sustainability, highlighting project features, best management practices, and lessons from the field regarding the underlying policies and practices that enabled these projects to be completed or, in some cases, stalled, altered or abandoned. The case studies represent an array of brownfield projects that aimed to go beyond conventional practice and include a range and variety of end uses (e.g., corner gas stations, industrial, office, residential, brightfields, green space, mixed-use, and transit-oriented developments). The cases investigate site histories, planning and development and examine sustainability characteristics to understand how projects overcame the barriers to brownfield reuse and the implementation of sustainability features and derive a series of lessons learned, including innovative policies, programs, and/or funding mechanisms that helped make these projects work. Sustainable Brownfield Development will be of interest to developers, planners, consultants and community representatives interested in environmental policy, urban planning, community development, ecological restoration, economic development, and parks planning by providing direction and inspiration for those eager to erase the blight of the past and build a more sustainable future.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Christopher de Sousa
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	262
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-35945-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Property & real estate Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Money & Finance > Property & real estate Promotions
LSN:	0-367-35945-6
Barcode:	9780367359454

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