Sustainable Brownfield Development

Author : Christopher De Sousa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Christopher de Sousa
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,7 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 : Justin Hollander,Niall Kirkwood,Julia Gold
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Christopher de Sousa,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367359464

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Sustainable Brownfield Development by Christopher de Sousa,Taylor & Francis Group 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, bright fields, green space, mixed-use and transit-oriented developments). The cases investigate site histories, planning, 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 : Tim Dixon,Mike Raco,Philip Catney,David N. Lerner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,6 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 : William Sarni
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780071609104

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Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development by William Sarni Pdf

Transform brownfields into green development projects This forward-looking resource discusses sustainable remediation methods for converting a land liability into a high-value asset. Greening Brownfields presents best practices and creative thinking on how to increase property value by viewing contaminated sites as lucrative opportunities. The book covers global trends and business drivers related to brownfields and green development, and outlines U.S. and international guidelines and incentive programs. Detailed case studies of worldwide brownfield redevelopment initiatives are included. Greening Brownfields covers: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) BRE Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Regulations and financial incentives Frameworks for integrating all phases of brownfield redevelopment Sustainable land planning and land use One Planet Living Green building

Author : Emmanuel Rey,Martine Laprise,Sophie Lufkin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,6 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 : Richard C. Hula
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317070634

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Reclaiming Brownfields by 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 : E. Beriatos,C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-18
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845641054

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Brownfields IV by E. Beriatos,C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Rehabilitation of brownfields, particularly those which are contaminated can be an expensive undertaking and requires not only technical solutions but the involvement of financial, regulatory and community stakeholders. Fundamental to this process is the analysis of the risks involved and the development of the appropriate strategies. Those need to be weighted against the economic and social benefits of brownfield development, to assess the general viability of the redevelopment. In most cases the demand for development land drives the process forward, while sometimes the rehabilitation is grounded on the wish to restore the landscape and the ecology of a region. This volume contains the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites that was held in Cephalonia (Greece) in May 2008. Brownfield development is in most cases essential to attract new business to the locality and for the creation of healthy communities. Therefore, there is a great need for deeper research and study of all aspects of the problem - technical, institutional, financial, social - and an exchange of ideas, know-how and experience among experts and scientists. The proceedings have been arranged into the following sections: Rehabilitation of Brownfields; Development Issues; Remediation Studies and Technologies; Case Studies; Risk Assessment and Management; Community and Public Involvement.

Author : David Adams,Craig Watkins
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405172462

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Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development by David Adams,Craig Watkins Pdf

The location of new housing development has become one of the most intractable controversies of modern times. This book provides a powerful critique of the growing tendency to reduce the debate on the development of new housing to a mere choice between greenfield and brownfield locations. It calls for full account to be taken of such factors as the structure and organisation of the housebuilding industry, supply and demand pressures in the housing market, the contested nature of sustainability and the political character of the planning process if a truly effective housing land policy is to be devised. Drawing on theories from economics and political science, this book will provide an important reference point on the institutional context within which residential development takes place and on the concerns of planning authorities, environmentalists, housebuilders, and their customers in relation to the apparent choice between greenfield and brownfield development.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Brownfields
ISBN : UIUC:30112109143609

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New Directions by Anonim Pdf

Author : F Zeman
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780857096463

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Metropolitan Sustainability by F Zeman Pdf

Global populations have grown rapidly in recent decades, leading to ever increasing demands for shelter, resources, energy and utilities. Coupled with the worldwide need to achieve lower impact buildings and conservation of resources, the need to achieve sustainability in urban environments has never been more acute. This book critically reviews the fundamental issues and applied science, engineering and technology that will enable all cities to achieve a greater level of metropolitan sustainability, and assist nations in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations. Part one introduces key issues related to metropolitan sustainability, including the use of both urban metabolism and benefit cost analysis. Part two focuses on urban land use and the environmental impact of the built environment. The urban heat island effect, redevelopment of brownfield sites and urban agriculture are discussed in depth, before part three goes on to explore urban air pollution and emissions control. Urban water resources, reuse and management are explored in part four, followed by a study of urban energy supply and management in part five. Solar, wind and bioenergy, the role of waste-to-energy systems in the urban infrastructure, and smart energy for cities are investigated. Finally, part six considers sustainable urban development, transport and planning. With its distinguished editor and international team of expert contributors, Metropolitan sustainability is an essential resource for low-impact building engineers, sustainability consultants and architects, town and city planners, local/municipal authorities, and national and non-governmental bodies, and provides a thorough overview for academics of all levels in this field. Critically reviews the fundamental issues and applied science, engineering and technology that will enable all cities to achieve a greater level of metropolitan sustainability Will assist nations in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations Chapters discuss urban land use, the environmental impact of the build environment, the urban heat island effect, urban air pollution and emissions control, among other topics

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781845640415

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Brownfield Sites III by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

This book focuses on the problems facing the public and private sectors and the engineering and scientific communities in terms of the decrease of available new land for development purposes. Given the economic and social benefits of brownfields redevelopment, there is a need for guidance on processes that ensure the acceptability and therefore viability of such redevelopment. The preparation of the guidance requires further research as well as the sharing of information, lessons and experience among experts in this field. Featuring papers from the Third International Conference on Prevention, Assessment, Rehabilitation and Development of Brownfield Sites, the text will be vital to practitioners and businessmen in industry and commerce as well as those in research organisations interested in the problems facing the prevention, assessment, rehabilitation and development of brownfields. The papers published in the book are grouped into the following sections: Development Issues; Environmental Assessment; Risk Assessment and Management; Cleanup Methodologies; Case Studies; Community and Public Involvement; Lessons from the Field; Modelling and Assessment; Monitoring of Contaminated Sites.

Author : Mohammad Rajaullah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3668515271

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The Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfields. the Case of Joda Barbil in India by Mohammad Rajaullah Pdf

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2016 in the subject Urban and Regional Planning, language: English, abstract: This term paper deals with the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields in the case of Joda Barbil. The concept of redevelopment means another opportunity to revive the lost glory of once flourishing area. But while defining it as an area which underwent immense changes to be redeveloped for the betterment of the society holds a meaning which is unique in its own terms. The brownfields being developed as recreational areas is not only a judicious decision in today's terms but also it is a tribute to what the land has undergone to make humankind prosper. In today's world of rapid urbanization, the lack of "new" developable land within cities presents a challenge to turn park-poor areas into more liveable neighbourhoods. The solution could be by turning previous industrial properties into recreational paces. A community can often experience economic revitalization by the creation of a single park, bringing people together around common goals and attracting commercial interests. The conversion of brownfield into recreational areas also helps guarantee the liveability and long-term success of community redevelopment projects. The aftermath of industrialization leading to deterioration of nature for men's own need without judicious thinking about nature has led to dying of areas which were once beaming with life. There was hardly any planning being done for post mining or industrial areas. An outline has to be drawn to make these areas useful and give them respect for what they bore to let the mankind survive. Hence a study is necessary in this context. In brief, if a proper planning is done for these areas then we can save them and make them lively again through a functional use. The main focus will be in doing a detailed analysis of these areas to find out the possibilities for redevelopment and then suggesting guidelines for pre and post mini

Author : Joe Morris
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110285991

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Rural Planning and Management by Joe Morris Pdf

Planners and economists consider the rural challenge in Europe and the developing countries; the concepts and approaches of property rights, social and natural capital, conservation planning, the market-led approach, and development and the environment; sustainable development issues surrounding agriculture, protected areas, forestry, energy, tourism and recreation, rural enterprise, housing, and transport; and the institutional dimensions of sustainable rural development, especially local mechanisms for achieving consensus on strategies. The 37 articles are reproduced from professional journals published during the 1990s and as late as 2000. There is no subject index. c. Book News Inc.