Principles Of Brownfield Regeneration

Author : Justin Hollander,Niall Kirkwood,Julia Gold
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781597269902

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Principles of Brownfield Regeneration by Justin Hollander,Niall Kirkwood,Julia Gold Pdf

The US. EPA defines brownfields as "idle real property, the development or improvement of which is impaired by real or perceived contamination." The authors of Principles of Brownfield Regeneration argue that, compared to "greenfields"-farmland, forest, or pasturelands that have never been developed-brownfields offer a more sustainable land development choice. They believe that brownfields are central to a sustainable planning strategy of thwarting sprawl, preserving or regenerating open space, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and reinvesting in urbanized areas. This is the first book to provide an accessible introduction to the design, policy, and technical issues related to brownfield redevelopment. After defining brownfields and advocating for their redevelopment, the book describes the steps for cleaning up a site and creating viable land for development or open space. Land use and design considerations are addressed in a separate chapter and again in each of five case studies that make up the heart of the volume: The Steel Yard, Providence, RI; Assunpink Greenway, Trenton, NJ; June Key Community Center Demonstration Project, Portland, OR; Eastern Manufacturing Facility, Brewer, ME; and The Watershed at Hillsdale, Portland, OR. Throughout, the authors draw on interviews with people involved in brownfield projects as well as on their own considerable expertise.

Author : Emmanuel Rey,Martine Laprise,Sophie Lufkin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030822088

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Neighbourhoods in Transition by Emmanuel Rey,Martine Laprise,Sophie Lufkin Pdf

This open access book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, cities and neighbourhoods. It provides both a theoretical and practical approach to the topic, offering a thorough introduction to urban brownfields and regeneration projects as well as an operational monitoring tool. Neighbourhoods in Transition begins with an overview of historic urban development and strategic areas in the hearts of towns to be developed. It then defines several key issues related to the topic, including urban brownfields, regeneration projects, and sustainability issues related to neighbourhood development. The second part of this book is focused on support tools, explaining the challenges faced, the steps involved in a regeneration process, and offering an operational monitoring tool. It applies the unique tool to case studies in three selected neighbourhoods and the outcomes of one case study are also presented and discussed, highlighting its benefits. The audience for this book will be both professional and academic. It will support researchers as an up-to-date reference book on urban brownfield regeneration projects, and also the work of architects, urban designers, urban planners and engineers involved in sustainability transitions of the built environment.

Author : Tim Dixon,Mike Raco,Philip Catney,David N. Lerner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470691403

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Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration by Tim Dixon,Mike Raco,Philip Catney,David N. Lerner Pdf

Sustainable Brownfield Regeneration presents a comprehensive account of UK policies, processes and practices in brownfield regeneration and takes an integrated and theoretically-grounded approach to highlight best practice. Brownfield regeneration has become a major policy driver in developed countries. It is estimated that there are 64,000 hectares of brownfield land in England, much of which presents severe environmental challenges and lies alongside some of the most deprived communities in the country. Bringing such land back into active use has taken on a new urgency among policymakers, developers and other stakeholders in the development process. Frequently, however, policy thinking and practice has been underpinned by ‘silo’ mentalities, in which integrated and multidisciplinary approaches to problem-solving have been limited. The book has two principal aims. The first is to examine the ways in which science and social science research disciplines can be brought together to help solve important brownfield regeneration issues, with a focus on the UK. The second is to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of different types of regeneration policy and practice, and to show how ‘liveable spaces’ can be produced from ‘problem places’. The Thames Gateway in the south of England and Greater Manchester in the North of England are shown as examples of how brownfield regeneration projects are developing in an era where sustainability is high on the policy agenda. From the Foreword by Paul Syms, National Brownfield Advisor, English Partnerships: ‘Ensuring the effective and efficient reuse of brownfield land is an essential part of the British Government’s land use policies in support of sustainable communities. [This book] recognises that reusing brownfield land is not just about over-coming technical issues to remove contamination or other physical problems with the ground. It highlights the importance of engaging with the many different stakeholders whose opinions and concerns need to be taken into account if sustainable outcomes are to be achieved. The authors also recognise that brownfield land reuse is not just about building new homes or places of employment – the creation of new green spaces can be just as important.’

Author : Professor Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore,Professor Laura A Reese,Professor Richard C Hula
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781409483281

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Reclaiming Brownfields by Professor Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore,Professor Laura A Reese,Professor Richard C Hula Pdf

The environmental legacy of past industrial and agricultural development can simultaneously pose serious threats to human health and impede reuse of contaminated land. The urban landscape around the world is littered with sites contaminated with a variety of toxins produced by past use. Both public and private sector actors are often reluctant to make significant investments in properties that simultaneously pose significant potential human health issues, and may demand complex and very expensive cleanups. The chapters in this volume recognize that land and water contamination are now almost universally acknowledged to be key social, economic, and political issues. How multiple societies have attempted to craft and implement public policy to deal with these issues provides the central focus of the book. The volume is unique in that it provides a global comparative perspective on brownfield policy and examples of its use in a variety of countries.

Author : Christopher De Sousa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000401479

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Sustainable Brownfield Development by Christopher De Sousa Pdf

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.

Author : Manfred Schrenk,Peter Zeile,Vasily V. Popovich,Pietro Elisei
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9783950311037

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CORP 2012 - Proceedings/Tagungsband by Manfred Schrenk,Peter Zeile,Vasily V. Popovich,Pietro Elisei Pdf

Author : Scott Walbridge,Mazdak Nik-Bakht,Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng,Manas Shome,M. Shahria Alam,Ashraf el Damatty,Gordon Lovegrove
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811909689

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Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 by Scott Walbridge,Mazdak Nik-Bakht,Kelvin Tsun Wai Ng,Manas Shome,M. Shahria Alam,Ashraf el Damatty,Gordon Lovegrove Pdf

This book comprises the proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2021. The contents of this volume focus on specialty conferences in construction, environmental, hydrotechnical, materials, structures, transportation engineering, etc. This volume will prove a valuable resource for those in academia and industry.

Author : Joshua M. Duke,JunJie Wu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199763740

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The Oxford Handbook of Land Economics by Joshua M. Duke,JunJie Wu Pdf

Land use change is one of the most pervasive socioeconomic forces affecting ecological systems, economic systems, and human wellbeing. This Oxford Handbook draws on recent advances in several economic fields that investigate land use behavior, making this a must-read for those who want to understand the frontier of land economics.

Author : N. Marchettini,C.A. Brebbia,R. Pulselli,S. Bastianoni
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 1767 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845648206

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The Sustainable City IX by N. Marchettini,C.A. Brebbia,R. Pulselli,S. Bastianoni Pdf

Containing the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability this book addresses the multi-disciplinary aspects of urban planning; a result of the increasing size of cities; the amount of resources and services required and the complexity of modern society. Most of earth’s population now lives in cities and the process of urbanisation still continues generating many problems deriving from the drift of the population towards them. These problems can be resolved by cities becoming efficient habitats, saving resources in a way that improves the quality and standard of living. The process however, faces a number of major challenges, related to reducing pollution, improving main transportation and infrastructure systems. New urban solutions are required to optimise the use of space and energy resources leading to improvements in the environment, i.e. reduction in air, water and soil pollution as well as efficient ways to deal with waste generation. These challenges contribute to the development of social and economic imbalances and require the development of new solutions. Large cities are probably the most complex mechanisms to manage. However, despite such complexity they represent a fertile ground for architects, engineers, city planners, social and political scientists, and other professionals able to conceive new ideas and time them according to technological advances and human requirements. The challenge of planning sustainable cities lies in considering their dynamics, the exchange of energy and matter, and the function and maintenance of ordered structures directly or indirectly, supplied and maintained by natural systems. Topics covered include: Urban strategies; Planning, development and management; Urban conservation and regeneration; The community and the city; Eco-town planning; Landscape planning and design; Environmental management; Sustainable energy and the city; Transportation; Quality of life; Waterfront development; Case studies; Architectural issues; Cultural heritage issues; Intelligent environment and emerging technologies; Planning for risk; Disaster and emergency response; Safety and security; Waste management; Infrastructure and society; Urban metabolism.

Author : Finger, Matthias,Yanar, Numan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800375611

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The Elgar Companion to Urban Infrastructure Governance by Finger, Matthias,Yanar, Numan Pdf

A comprehensive overview of the governance of urban infrastructures, this Companion combines illustrative cases with conceptual approaches to offer an innovative perspective on the governance of large urban infrastructure systems. Chapters examine the challenges facing urban infrastructure systems, including financial, economic, technological, social, ecological, jurisdictional and demand.

Author : Eduardo L. Krüger,Hirushie Pramuditha Karunathilake,Tanweer Alam
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031201820

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Resilient and Responsible Smart Cities by Eduardo L. Krüger,Hirushie Pramuditha Karunathilake,Tanweer Alam Pdf

This book is a compilation of diverse, yet homogenic, research papers that discuss current advances in Earth Observation and Geospatial Information Technologies to tackle new horizons concerning the digitization and information management in smart cities’ infrastructures. The book also tackles the challenges faced by urban planners by the new mega-cities and proposes a series of solutions to resolve complex urban issues. It suggests enhancing the integration of disciplines, thus, bringing together architects, urban planners, civil engineers, landscape designers and computer scientists to address the problems that our cities are facing. This book is a culmination of selected research papers from IEREK’s fourth edition of the International Conference on Future Smart Cities (FSC) and the fourth edition of the International Conference on Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism (RRAU) held online in collaboration with the XMUM, Selangor, Malaysia (2021).

Author : Christopher de Sousa
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780080453583

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Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability by Christopher de Sousa Pdf

Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.

Author : Richard V. Crume
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9798216080435

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Environmental Health in the 21st Century [2 volumes] by Richard V. Crume Pdf

This concisely written and easy-to-read resource provides information on emerging issues and valuable historical context that enables students to better understand a broad range of environmental health topics, from pollution to infectious diseases, natural disasters, and waste management. As technology enables better insight into the world we live in, we are increasingly aware of environmental health concerns and risks, from contaminated air and water to infectious diseases and light and noise pollution. Because the quality of our lives depends on the quality of our environment, everyone should be informed about issues in environmental health. Environmental Health in the 21st Century: From Air Pollution to Zoonotic Diseases presents hundreds of encyclopedic entries written by expert researchers and practitioners, a history of environmental health, and interviews with subject experts that broadly survey the field of environmental health. The set covers myriad subjects in environmental health, including all types of environmental pollution; the spread of communicable diseases and other issues in the health sciences; waste management practices; the effects of climate change on human health; children's environmental health concerns; environmental health problems unique to the urban environment; and emerging threats such as the Zika virus and hospital-acquired infections. Readers will learn about steps they can take to reduce their environmental risk, understand the effects of key international treaties and conventions and the contributions of key figures in environmental health, and also reflect on potential solutions for global challenges in environmental pollution, health sciences, energy and climate, waste management, and the built environment. No other book on the market today addresses the environmental health field in such a comprehensive manner, with the latest information provided by expert practitioners, all packed into two concise volumes.

Author : Eric Howeler
Publisher : ACTAR Publishers
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9788415391005

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GSD Platform 4 by Eric Howeler Pdf

Beyond a design school, the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is an immersive environment--a dense atmosphere saturated with creative and intellectual activity. Platform 4 represents a selective sampling of agendas cultivated at the GSD during the last academic year, revealing a diverse mixture of projects, research, and events. Organized as a searchable database, this publication documents both site and situation at the GSD--it is an institutional index. While Platform 4 records research trajectories from the past year, it also has the capacity to set agendas for future work. By framing a set of issues and topics, Platform 4 focuses attention towards particular areas of interest, allowing individual work to build on and contribute to a larger body of disciplinary knowledge. In that sense, the themes within this book become projective, they provide frameworks for future inquiry.

Author : Ian Thompson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780191503207

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Landscape Architecture: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Thompson Pdf

Landscape architecture plays an important role in shaping the places in which we live and work. But what is it? Landscape architects are involved, amongst other things, in the layout of business parks, the reclamation of derelict industrial sites, the restoration of historic city parks, and the siting and design of major pieces of infrastructure such as motorways, dams, power stations, and flood defences, as well as the planning of parks and gardens. Taking a historical perspective, Ian Thompson looks at both the roots of landscape architecture and the people that established it. This Very Short Introduction explores some of the misconceptions about landscape architecture and considers the discipline's origins in landscape gardening. Thompson takes a look at a number of areas, including the influence of Modernism, the difference between landscape design and landscape planning, and the way that planning legislation has driven the growth of the discipline. He also explores contemporary environmentalism, the debate as to whether landscape architecture is an art or a science, landscape architecture in the community, post-industrial projects, and its relationship with ecological urbanism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.