Environmental Justice And Brownfield Redevelopment

TheBrownfieldssite provides information aboutbrownfieldssites and cleanup and reuse challenges and liabilities. It will showcase activities and accomplishments and provide info on funding opportunities and collaboration inbrownfieldsredevelopment.

This article discussesenvironmentaljusticeimplications ofbrownfielddevelopment. Although many argue thatbrownfielddevelopment can be an excellent alternative to the Superfund Act for a new t...

Brownfieldsredevelopmentcan be an opportunity to advanceenvironmentaljustice, build strong community networks, empower residents, and create positive, sustainable change - OR it can exacerbate social issues and contribute to harmful consequences Community Engagement is key to equitable, sustainable, inclusivebrownfieldsredevelopmentprojects

A central argument favoringredevelopmentis that remediation helps mitigateenvironmentalinequality and achieveenvironmentaljusticefor aggrieved communities. Still, very little research examines if and how these communities benefit from these changes.

Brownfieldproperties are primarily located "in people of color, low income, [indigenous peoples], and otherwise marginalized communities,"7 both the EPA andenvironmentaljusticeactivists have put time and effort into finding ways forBrownfieldredevelopmentto affect these communi ties financially and socially in a positive manner. Many of these initiatives

Incorporatingenvironmentaljusticeandeconomic mobility intobrownfieldcleanup andredevelopmentstrategies involves consideration of the economic, social, andenvironmentaldisparities that may exist within communities.

EnvironmentaljusticeandBrownfieldsare inextricably theBrownfieldsissue isenvironmentalAt the corejusticeof an and urbanjusticeperspective is recognition of the interconnectedness economic, social, human, and cultural/spiritual The vision ofenvironmentalhealthjusticeis the development of a paradigm to achieve economically secure ...