Environmental Contamination, Brownfields Policy, and Economic Redevelopment in an Industrial Area of Baltimore, Maryland
研究了美国马里兰州巴尔的摩工业区棕地与非棕地地块在1963-1999年间土地价值、空置率、销售和再开发的变化，发现污染与土地利用之间缺乏系统性关联，提示其他因素也可能导致空置和低度利用。
<i>Recently, many states have passed brownfields legislation to limit the liability of innocent property redevelopers, based on the assumption that pollution systematically affects land use and development. The goal of this study was to examine this assumption. The study area was an industrial area of Baltimore, Maryland, characterized by brownfields and recent economic development. Data from 1963–1999 for brownfield and non-brownfield parcels were collected and compared to identify variations in assessed land value, vacancy, sales, and redevelopment. The absence of a systematic relationship between pollution and land use variables suggests that other factors may also be involved in vacancy and underuse.</i> (R52)