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Polluted & dangerous : America's worst abandoned properties and what can be done about them / Justin B. Hollander.

Title: Polluted & dangerous : America's worst abandoned properties and what can be done about them / Justin B. Hollander.
Author: Hollander, Justin B.
Publication: Burlington, VT : University of Vermont Press ; Hanover, NH : Published by University Press of New England, c2009.

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Description

xvi, 312 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Blighted, contaminated, and abandoned property mars nearly every major American city. Justin Hollander conducted primary research in twenty urban centers containing such "brownfields" or, in the most serious cases, "HI-TOADS" (High-Impact Temporarily Obsolete Abandoned Derelict Sites). His goal was to study the sites and the official handling of them through the lenses of sustainability, urban planning, redevelopment, and environmental justice." "In Polluted and Dangerous, he scrutinizes specific sites in five of the affected cities: New Bedford, Massachusetts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Richmond, Virginia; Trenton, New Jersey; and Youngstown, Ohio. Hollander poses the serious questions that local planners face when dealing with issues related to HI-TOADS. For instance, to what degree do planners recognize and acknowledge the problems? Do they see intervention as necessary, and, if so, to whom do they assign the responsibility for it? What measures are undertaken, and how successful are these? In his timely, topical study, Hollander lists common implications of living with and rehabilitating HI-TOADS, and he puts forward specific policy recommendations for redressing the critical issues that are raised."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Polluted and dangerous

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-310) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Research, Writing, and Thinking on HI-TOADS -- 3. Local Officials and Their Attitudes toward HI-TOADS -- 4. A National Perspective on What Cities Do about HI-TOADS -- 5. Redevelopment Policy in a Municipal Coalition City: Trenton, New Jersey -- 6. Slag Heaps, Steel Mills, and Sears: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- 7. First Whales, Now Brownfields: New Bedford, Massachusetts -- 8. Planning for a Shrinking City: Youngstown, Ohio -- 9. Race, Preservation, and Redevelopment: Richmond, Virginia -- 10. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Detailed Methodology for Identifying Cities for Inclusion in the Study -- Appendix B. Ranking of U.S. Cities on Likelihood of Hosting HI-TOADS Using Five Key Variables -- Appendix C. Correlation Matrix for Five Key Variables -- Appendix D. Results of Cluster Analysis Using a Setting of Five Clusters -- Appendix E. U.S. Cities with Populations Greater than 100,000 -- Appendix F. Interview Instrument -- Appendix G. Detailed List of HI-TOADS -- Appendix H. Case-Study Methodology.

ISBN

9781584657194 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584657197 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008038611

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Columbia University Libraries