Brownfields: Cleaning and Reusing Contaminated Properties [Hardcover]

Charles Bartsch (Author), Elizabeth Collaton (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0275956563 | ISBN-13: 978-0275956561 | Publication Date: January 30, 1997

Virtually every city in the nation's older industrial regions, no matter its size, grapples with the challenge of unused or abandoned manufacturing facilities and other industrial sites. Local public officials, economic development practitioners, and site owners who have sought to revitalize fallow industrial properties face daunting challenges: contamination of the buildings, equipment, and surrounding land and water. Public concern about health effects from hazardous chemicals, changing environmental law, and evolving private sector development and financing priorities have made it increasingly difficult for communities to restore and reuse former manufacturing sites. This study, sponsored by the Northeast-Midwest Institute, offers analysis and practical guidance on how these blighted areas--brownfields--have been and can be brought back to life.

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About the Author

CHARLES BARTSCH is Senior Policy Analyst for Economic Development at the Northeast-Midwest Institute in Washington, D.C., and is co-author of New Life for Old Buildings (1991).

ELIZABETH COLLATON is Senior Policy Analyst for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction at the Northeast-Midwest Institute in Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Praeger Publishers (January 30, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275956563
• ISBN-13: 978-0275956561
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,427,298 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bartsch is a Breath of Fresh Air to a World of Contamination, December 22, 1999

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This review is from: Brownfields: Cleaning and Reusing Contaminated Properties (Hardcover)

Bartsch makes Brownfields fun in this work that will most definately make him a national wonder. He explains the importance of rehabilitation of these rundown disasters. Within the next few years, Brownfields should be a household name. Bartsch was like the Jesus that opened my eyes with the mud titled "Brownfields".The book shows that there is a lot of potential in this world for disgusting areas to br turned into healthy, thriving land to be home of new commerce, industry, and residential areas. Brownfields are the beginning of the next industrial revolution!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bartsch is a Breath of Fresh Air to a World of Contamination, December 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Brownfields: Cleaning and Reusing Contaminated Properties (Hardcover)

Bartsch makes Brownfields fun in this work that will most definately make him a national wonder. He explains the importance of rehabilitation of these rundown disasters. Within the next few years, Brownfields should be a household name. Bartsch was like the Jesus that opened my eyes with the mud titled "Brownfields".The book shows that there is a lot of potential in this world for disgusting areas to br turned into healthy, thriving land to be home of new commerce, industry, and residential areas. Brownfields are the beginning of the next industrial revolution!