Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability

Citation

(2009), "Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 1 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2009.41401bae.002

Brownfields Redevelopment and the Quest for Sustainability

Article Type: Books and resources From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 1, Issue 2

Christopher de Sousa,Emerald Group Publishing,Bingley,March 2008,304 pp.,US$130.00, UK£75.00,ISBN-9780080453583

Concerns over urban blight, environmental degradation, climate change, inner-city unemployment, and a host of other socio-economic and environmental problems have forced policy makers, planners, and others interested in the future of our planet to take a closer look at ways to foster more sustainable urban development. Drawing on the author’s extensive research, this book examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing primarily on efforts in the USA and Canada to build better places for urban dwellers to live, work and play.

It commences by reviewing the nature and scope of the brownfields problem and puts it into a sustainability context, both theoretically and in terms of real costs and benefits. The book then looks at how brownfields are being used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment. For a more sustainable future, however, the author argues that more still needs to be done to connect sustainability objectives and processes to redevelopment efforts.