Private Property Owners and the Remaking of Brownfields

Bibliographic Data

ID12456241
AuthorsJustin B Hollander (0000-0001-5148-7902, corresponding author), Justin Hollander (Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA,)
Year2010
Volume15
Issue1
Pages32-56
Publication date2010-07-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Works Management & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-724X • E-ISSN: 1552-7549
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1087724x10367915
OpenAlexW1989010368
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Because owners of brownfield sites are primarily interested in avoiding liability, they are rarely players in reusing planning of their properties. However, in some cases, private companies have taken a leadership role in reuse planning for their moribund sites. This article explores these unique examples of corporate responsibility through surveys of federal and state brownfields officials in the United States and in-depth case studies of reuse projects in three U.S. cities. The findings suggest that firms appear to be motivated for promoting the reuse of their brownfields in order to maintain a reputation in their community, establish an economic precedent for successful reuse, maintain control over potential future environmental liabilities, and as a manifestation of corporate social responsibility. Implication for public works managers and planners include a need to leverage third party liability rules to encourage greater responsibility and leadership by firms in the reuse of their contaminated sites

Brownfield · Business · Environmental planning · Leverage (statistics · Liability · Political science · Public relations · Redevelopment · Reputation · Reuse · Engineering · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Law · Public Administration · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment · Finance