A GIS and indexing scheme to screen brownfields for area-wide redevelopment planning

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-198

  Chrysochoou, Maria ^a   Brown, Kweku ^a   Dahal, Geeta ^a   Granda Carvajal, Catalina ^a   Segerson, Kathleen ^a   Garrick, Norman ^a   Bagtzoglou, Amvrossios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfields; Decision support tools; GIS; Smart growth; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING;

BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT; BROWNFIELDS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX; PLANNING STRATEGIES; POPULATION DENSITIES; SMART GROWTH; U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCILS;

URBAN GROWTH;

FLOODPLAIN; GIS; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858008126     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Alberini A. Determinants and effects on property values of participation in voluntary cleanup programs: The case of Colorado. Contemporary Economic Policy 2007, 25(3):415-432.
2. Aller L.T., Bennett T., Lehr J.H., Petty R.J. DRASTIC - A standardized system for evaluating ground water pollution potential using hydrogeologic settings 1985, U.S.EPA, Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, EPA/600/2-85/018.
3. Alvarez-Guerra M., Viguri J.R., Voulvoulis N. A multicriteria-based methodology for site prioritisation in sediment management. Environment International 2009, 35(6):920e930.
4. Ascough J.C., Maier H.R., Ravalico J.K., Strudley M.W. Future research challenges for incorporation of uncertainty in environmental and ecological decision-making. Ecological Modelling 2008, 219:383-399.
5. Attoh-Okine N.O., Gibbons J. Use of belief function in brownfield infrastructure redevelopment decision making. Journal of Urban Planning and Development: ASCE 2001, 127:126-143.
6. Bacot H., O'Dell C. Establishing indicators to evaluate brownfield redevelopment. Economic Development Quarterly 2006, 20:142-161.
7. Bardos R.P., Mariotti C., Marot F., Sullivan T. Framework for decision support used in contaminated land management in Europe and North America. Land Contamination & Reclamation 2001, 9(1):149-164.
8. Bayer P., Finkel M., Teutsch G. Cost-optimal contaminant plume management with a combination of pump-and-treat and physical barrier systems. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation 2005, 25(2):96-106.
9. Carlon C., Critto A., Ramieri E., Marcomini A. DESYRE: Decision support system for the rehabilitation of contaminated megasites. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 2007, 3(2):211-222.
10. Cervero R. Jobs-housing balance revisited: Trends and impacts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Journal of the American Planning Association 1996, 62.4:492-512.
11. Chen Y., Hipel K.W., Kilgour D.M., Zhu Y. A strategic classification support system for brownfield redevelopment. Environmental Modelling & Software 2009, 24:647-654.
12. Dair C., Williams K. Sustainable land re-use: The influence of different stakeholders in achieving sustainable brownfield developments in England. Environment and Planning A 2006, 38:1345-1366.
13. De Sousa C., Wu C., Westphal L.M. Assessing the effect of publicly assisted brownfield redevelopment on surrounding property values. Economic Development Quarterly 2009, 23(2):95-110.
14. Edwards D., Pahlen G., Bertram C., Nathanail P. Best practice guidance for sustainable brownfield regeneration, The RESCUE manual (Regeneration of European Sites in Cities and Urban Environments 2005.
15. ESRI ArcGIS Desktop: Release 10 2011, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA.
16. Greenstone M., Gallagher J. Does hazardous waste matter? Evidence from the housing market and the Superfund program. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2008, 123(3):951-1003.
17. GSG Consultants. (2005). Smart Growth for Brownfields Redevelopment. Final Report. GSG Project No. E03-24.06. http://www.epa.gov/dced/pdf/Chicago%2520SG%2520Brownfields%2520Project%2520Final.pdf.
18. Ham J.C., Swenson C., Imrohoroglu A., Song H. Government Programs Can Improve Local Labor Markets: Evidence from State Enterprise Zones, Federal Empowerment Zones and Federal Enterprise Community. Journal of Public Economics 2011, 95(7-8):779-797.
19. Heberle C.L., Kackar A. Connecting smart growth and brownfields redevelopment 2006, University of Louisville-Center for Environmental Policy and Management and U.S Environmental Protection Agency, http://cepm.louisville.edu/publications/PDF_docs/smart%20growth%20and%20brownfields%20for%20website.pdf.
20. Hobbs B., Meier P. Energy decisions and the environment: A guide to the use of multicriteria methods 2000, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
21. Holtz R.D., Kovacs W.D. An introduction to geotechnical engineering 1989, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
22. Howland M. Employment effects of brownfield redevelopment: What do we know from the literature 2007, January, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Center for Environmental Economics.
23. Kaufman D.A., Cloutier N.R. The impact of small brownfields and green spaces on residential property values. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 2006, 33(1):19-30.
24. Kiel K.A., Williams M. The impact of Superfund sites on local property values: Are all sites the same?. Journal of Urban Economics 2007, 61(1):170-192.
25. Lange D., McNeil S. Brownfield development: Tools for stewardship. Journal of Urban Planning and Development: ASCE 2004, 130:109-116.
26. Lant C.L., Kraft S.E., Beaulieu J., Bennett D., Loftus T., Nicklow J. Using GIS-based ecological-economic modeling to evaluate policies affecting agricultural watersheds. Ecological Economics 2005, 55:467-484.
27. Litt J.S., Tran N.L., Burke T. Examining urban brownfields through the public health macroscope. Environmental Health Perspectives 2002, 110:183-193.
28. McKnight U.S., Funder S.G., Rasmussen J.J., Finkel M., Binning P.J., Bjerg P.L. An integrated model for assessing the risk of TCE groundwater contamination to human receptors and surface water ecosystems. Ecological Engineering 2010, 36(9):1126-1137.
29. Nijkamp.P., Rodenburg C.A., Wagtendonk A.J. Success factors for sustainable urban brownfield development: A comparative case study approach to polluted sites. Ecological Economics 2002, 40:235-252.
30. O'Reilly M., Brink R. Initial risk based screening of potential brownfield development sites. Soil and Sediment Contamination 2006, 93:463-470.
31. Pediaditi K., Wehrmeyer W., Chenoweth J. Monitoring the sustainability of brownfield redevelopment projects: The Redevelopment Assessment Framework. Land Contamination & Reclamation 2005, 13:173-183.
32. Pepper E.M. Lessons from the Field: Unlocking economic potential with an environmental key 1997, Northeast-Midwest Institute.
33. Rappa, J.G. (2000). Distressed Municipalities. OLR Research Report. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2000/rpt/olr/htm/2000-R-0327.htm.
34. Ribaudo M.O., Hoag D.L., Smith M.E., Heimlich R. Environmental indices and the politics of the Conservation Reserve Program. Ecological Indicators 2001, 1:11-20.
35. Schädler, S., Morio, M., Bartke, S., & Finkel, M. Integrated planning and spatial evaluation of megasite evaluation and reuse options. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2011.03.003.
36. Schädler S., Morio M., Bartke S., Rohr-Zänker R., Finkel M. Designing sustainable and economically attractive brownfield revitalization options using an integrated assessment model. Journal of Environment Management 2011, 92(3):827-837.
37. Siikamaki J., Wernstedt K. Turning Brownfields into Greenspaces: Examining Incentives and Barriers to Revitalization. Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 2008, 33:559-593.
38. Sounderpandian J., Frank N., Chalasani S. A support system for mediating brownfields redevelopment negotiations. Industrial Management & Data Systems 2005, 105(2):237-254.
39. Thomas M.R. A GIS-based decision support system for brownfield redevelopment. Landscape and Urban Planning 2002, 58:7-23.
40. Thomas M.R. A weighted, multi-attribute, site prioritization and selection process for brownfield redevelopment. Environmental Practice 2002, 4:95-106.
41. U.S.Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED for Neighborhood Development. Congress for the New Urbanism 2009, Natural Resources Defense Council.
42. Van Stempvoort D., Ewert L., Wassenaar L. Aquifer vulnerability index: A GIS-compatible method for groundwater vulnerability mapping. Canadian Water Resources Journal 1993, 18(1):25-37.
43. Wedding G.C., Crawford-Brown D. Measuring site-level success in brownfield redevelopments: A focus on sustainability and green building. Journal of Environment Management 2007, 85:483-495.
44. Williams K., Dair C. A framework for assessing the sustainability of brownfield developments. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 2007, 50:23-40.