Leading Change for Healthy Communities and Successful Land Reuse

摘要

An estimated 450,000 brownfield and land reuse sitesfrom old gas stations and abandoned buildings, to former industrial sites, methamphetamine labs, vacant lots, and rural dumpsare found throughout the United States. These sites can range in size from less than one acre to thousands of acres. Cleaning up and reinvesting in brownfields/land reuse properties improves and protects the environment, economy, and surrounding communitys health and well-being. However, not all plans for brownfields redevelopment and land reuse consider the community health issues that should be addressed. Furthermore, evaluations of improvements tend to focus on environmental and economic impacts and rarely include measurement of health and social improvements. This book is intended to serve as a resource to help integrate community health into land reuse and revitalization projects. The case studies in this book demonstrate how a diverse array of communities and tribes successfully revitalized abandoned properties and the lessons learned in the process.