The Brownfields Cookbook: A Redevelopment Guide

Abstract

The Brownj2elds Cookbook: a redevelopment guide is meant to serve as a toolbox for communities looking for assistance and ideas for redeveloping brownfields in their localities. This guide is not only meant to serve the needs of those communities located in Southeastern Louisiana, but nationwide as well for brown fields can exist in any community, in any state. The redevelopment of such sites into productive and safe uses is a major issue for Louisiana communities, as well as communities nationwide, where urban sprawl and environmental issues are major factors affecting land use and development today. By focusing on lessons learned and the examples put forward by the Southeast Louisiana Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Assessment Demonstration Pilot Prograq the members of the Regional Planning Commission and participating parishes (i.e. counties) provide this toolbox example of redevelopment practices and principles, To demonstrate these practices and principles, this cookbook closely examines the unique area of Southeast Louisiana and offers outstanding examples of community efforts to encourage brownfield redevelopment to meet the needs of the citizens, the economy and the environment of the region, In addition, the cookbook provides a partial list of resources available to communities looking for finding, or just assistance with getting a brownfields redevelopment program off the ground. These resources range from voluntary cleanup programs, to liability assurances for the protection of the community, and to new federal brownflelds legislation. © 2002 WIT Press, Ashurst Lodge, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK. All rights reserved. Web: www.witpress.com Email witpress@witpress.com Paper from: Brownfield Sites, CA Brebbia, D Almorza & H Klapperich (Editors). ISBN 1-85312-918-6