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Brownfields Policy and Practice

Graduate · Historical course

Fall 2005

Topics

  • Course Introduction
  • Brownfields Basics
  • How We Got Here: Law and Liability
  • Market Forces: Opportunity Drivers
  • Site Tour: City of Lynn
  • So What Do You Want To Do About It?
  • Environmental Justice: The View through the Chain Link Fence
  • Environmental Justice in Practice
  • Environmental Constraints: The Technology of Cleanup
  • Guest Speaker - John McTigue, L.S.P.
  • Environmental Constraints: Risk Assessments
  • Guest Speaker - Dave Merill
  • Recap of Environmental Issues
  • Economic Considerations in Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Liability and Risk Management
  • Bringing it All Together
  • Developer Perspective
  • The Role of CDCs in Brownfields Redevelopment
  • Where does that Leave us?
  • Brownfield Politics and The End Game
  • Case Study - Part II
  • Case Study - Part III
  • Student Presentations - I
  • Student Presentations - II
  • Student Presentations - III

Readings

  • The Course Text will be: Greenstein, Rosalind, and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, eds. Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Listed reading
  • Greenstein, Rosalind, and Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, eds. Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Required
  • Walker, Bailus, Jr. “The Urban Environment: Brownfield and Sprawl.” Speech at Brownfields Conference, Dallas, TX, 1999.
    Required
  • Goode, Ann Eberhart, et al. Brownfield Redevelopment and Transportation Policy . Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1999. ISBN: 1882061721.
    Required
  • Ackerman, Jerry, Jonathon L. Feinstein, and William J. Roache. “Environmental Economic Fusion and The Brownfields Revitalization Process (Report 101).” VHB Siteworks , 1999, chapter 1, pp. 5-20.
    Required
  • Geltman, Elizabeth Glass. Recycling Land: Understanding the Legal Landscape of Brownfield Development . Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2000, chapters 1 and 2, pp. 1-66. ISBN: 0472109197.
    Required
  • Lader, Wendy S., and Robert L. Roach. “Opportunities to Redevelop Brownfields.” Environmental Memorandum . Spiegel & McDiarmid, January 1996.
    Required
  • Pagano, Michael A., and Ann O’M. Bowman. “Vacant Land As Opportunity and Challenge.” In Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004, chapter 1, pp. 15-30. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Required
  • Evans, Alan W. “The Economics of Vacant Land.” In Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004, chapter 3, pp. 53-63. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Required
  • Bacow, Lawrence S. “Risk Sharing Mechanisms for Brownfields Redevelopment.” Working Paper 72, MIT Center for Real Estate, May 1998.
    Required
  • SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Site Tour: City of Lynn · READINGS: Ackerman, Jerry, Jonathon L. Feinstein, and William J. Roache. “Environmental Economic Fusion and The Brownfields Revitalization Process (Report 101).” VHB Siteworks, 1999, chapters 2 and 3, pp. 21-30.
    Reading assignment
  • Pepper, Edith M. “Lessons Learned.” Chapter 2 in Lessons from the Field . Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1997, pp. 17-34. ISBN: 1882061640.
    Required
  • Brachman, Lavea. “Turning Brownfields into Community Assets.” In Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004, chapter 3, pp. 67-88. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Required
  • Pinderhughes, Raquel. “The Impact of Race on Environmental Quality.” Sociological Perspectives 30, no. 2: 231-248.
    Required
  • Race, Poverty & the Environment VIII, no. 1.
    Required
  • Singer, Molly, et al. “Righting the Wrong: A Model Plan for Environmental Justice in Brownfields Redevelopment.” International City/County Management Association, 2001, chapters 1 and 4.
    Required
  • Brulle, Robert J., and David N. Pellow. “Environmental Justice: Human health and Environmental Inequalities.” Annual Review of Public Health 27 (2006): 3.1-3.22.
    Required
  • Ackerman, Jerry, Jonathon L. Feinstein, and William J. Roache. “Environmental Economic Fusion and The Brownfields Revitalization Process (Report 101).” VHB Siteworks, 1999, chapter 4, pp. 31-36.
    Required
  • Fox Gorte, Julie. Marketing Brownfield Cleanup Technologies . Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1999. ISBN: 1882061675.
    Required
  • SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Environmental Constraints: Risk Assessments · READINGS: Wise, Kenneth T., and Johannes P. Pfeifenberger. “Enigma of Stigma.” Toxics Law Reporter . 1994, pp. 1435-1440. ISSN: 08877394. (For perusal.)
    Reading assignment
  • Required
  • Required
  • Bartsch, Charles. Financing Brownfield Reuse . Working Paper 5, Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1999. ISBN: 1882061683.
    Required
  • Howland, Marie. “Is Contamination the Barrier to Inner-City Industrial Revitalization?” In Recycling the City: The Use and Reuse of Urban Land . Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, 2004, chapter 5, pp. 89-109. ISBN: 155844159X.
    Required
  • Ackerman, Jerry, Jonathon L. Feinstein, and William J. Roache. “Environmental Economic Fusion and The Brownfields Revitalization Process (Report 101).” VHB Siteworks, 1999, chapter 5, pp. 35-39.
    Required
  • Bartsch, Charles. “Financing Brownfield Reuse Opportunities: Creative Use of Public Sector Programs.” Background Paper. Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1997.
    Required
  • ———. Financing Brownfield Reuse . Working Paper 6, Washington, DC: Northeast-Midwest Institute, 1999. ISBN: 1882061683.
    Required
  • Pendergrass, John. “Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfields: Using Institutional Controls to Protect Public Health.” Environmental Law Reporter (May 1999): 10243-10258.
    Required
  • Ward, Elizabeth H. “Disturbing Trends in Brownfield Redevelopment.” Environmental Progress 20, no. 2.
    Required
  • SES #: 16 · TOPICS: Bringing it All Together · READINGS: MacNeil, Jane Salodof. “Urban Brownfields: Goodguys for Troubled Neighborhoods.” Conservation Matters: CLF (Summer 2002): 1-6.
    Reading assignment
  • Meyer, Peter B., and Thomas S. Lyons. “Lessons from Private Sector Brownfields Redevelopers.” APA Journal 66, no. 1 (Winter 2000).
    Required
  • Required
  • Required
  • Letser, Stephen. “Brownfields to Greenfields? The Jury is Still Out.” Everyone’s Backyard: Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste (Fall 1995): 12-16.
    Required
  • Required
  • Required
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