reuse of Superfund sites, brownfields, and other locally undesirable land uses (LULUs). By making a neighborhood more … attractive, cleanup and reuse of LULUs may drive up local real estate prices. Renters in the neighborhood would have to pay … gentrification, if any, following cleanup and reuse of LULUs has not been solidly confirmed in the empirical literature. This paper …

The EPA has a cornucopia of cleanup and reuse programs ranging from the Superfund Program which addresses sites posing … imminent danger and many of the most hazardous sites nationwide, to the Brownfields Program which addresses lower risk sites … cleanup and reuse is spotty and incomplete and perhaps raises more questions than it answers. Would a comprehensive study of …

Given the increased focus on reuse activity within EPA and state site cleanup programs, policy makers would benefit … from looking across programs to better understand the extent and nature of reuse; examine site characteristics that … influence reuse; leverage lessons learned; and coordinate reuse activities, data collection, and information management. This …