Polluted and Dangerous: America's Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them »

JUSTIN B. HOLLANDER is assistant professor at Tufts University's Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning. From 2000 to 2006 he was a Community Planner for the U.S. General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service. He has published a number of peer-reviewed articles and has won many awards and honors for his work.

A probing and timely look at how American cities can achieve sustainability in the face of decline

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1 Introduction 1

2 Research, Writing, and Thinking on HI-TOADS 13

3 Local Officials and Their Attitudes toward HI-TOADS 30

4 A National Perspective on What Cities Do about HI-TOADS 47

5 Redevelopment Policy in a Municipal Coalition City: Trenton, New Jersey 78

6 Slag Heaps, Steel Mills, and Sears: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 118

7 First Whales, Now Brownfields: New Bedford, Massachusetts 149

8 Planning for a Shrinking City: Youngstown, Ohio 176

9 Race, Preservation, and Redevelopment: Richmond, Virginia 203

10 Conclusion 232

Epilogue 252

Appendix A Detailed Methodology for Identifying Cities for Inclusion in the Study 257

Appendix B Ranking of U.S. Cities on Likelihood of Hosting HI-TOADS Using Five Key Variables 269

Appendix C Correlation Matrix for Five Key Variables 271

Appendix D Results of Cluster Analysis Using a Setting of Five Clusters 273

Appendix E U.S. Cities with Populations Greater than 100,000 275

Appendix F Interview Instrument 277

Appendix G Detailed List of HI-TOADS 279

Appendix H Case-Study Methodology 289

Notes 293

Bibliography 299

Index 311