Polluted and Dangerous: America's Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them
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...
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A probing and timely look at how American cities can achieve sustainability in the face of decline
List of FiguresList of TablesList of Acronyms1 Introduction 12 Research, Writing, and Thinking on HI-TOADS 133 Local Officials and Their Attitudes toward HI-TOADS 304 A National Perspective on What Cities Do about HI-TOADS 475 Redevelopment Policy in a Municipal Coalition City: Trenton, New Jersey 786 Slag Heaps, Steel Mills, and Sears: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1187 First Whales, Now Brownfields: New Bedford, Massachusetts 1498 Planning for a Shrinking City: Youngstown, Ohio 1769 Race, Preservation, and Redevelopment: Richmond, Virginia 20310 Conclusion 232Epilogue 252Appendix A Detailed Methodology for Identifying Cities for Inclusion in the Study 257Appendix B Ranking of U.S. Cities on Likelihood of Hosting HI-TOADS Using Five Key Variables 269Appendix C Correlation Matrix for Five Key Variables 271Appendix D Results of Cluster Analysis Using a Setting of Five Clusters 273Appendix E U.S. Cities with Populations Greater than 100,000 275Appendix F Interview Instrument 277Appendix G Detailed List of HI-TOADS 279Appendix H Case-Study Methodology 289Notes 293Bibliography 299Index 311
\ From the Publisher"Valuable for those in urban studies, city planners, and civil leaders . . . Recommended."--Choice\ "Polluted and Dangerous is a welcome and timely contribution to the literature in urban affairs and environmental studies. His work ably demonstrates both the potential and utility of interdisciplinary work in the social sciences. Few scholars have studied the long-term impacts of brown fields on people and place. Polluted and Dangerous is an important first cut at filling this gap in the literature. This is not only a book for libraries -- it should be read by planners and advocates alike who care about the future of abandoned property."--Environment and Planning\ \ \
