Who Participates in the Voluntary Cleanup Program: Lessons from Baltimore City

dc.contributor.authorAlberini, Anna
dc.contributor.authorGuignet, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-14T18:34:38Z
dc.date.available2014-04-14T18:34:38Z
dc.date.issued2012-06-22
dc.description.abstractIf the sheer size of land endowment is an indicator of an economy’s potential, then the United States is fortunate indeed. However, there exist land tracts, in urban and rural areas, which are left unused due to concerns about the presence of potential contamination. The technical jargon for industrial sites which have suffered this fate is ‘brownfield’; it makes a lot of sense to clean up these brownfields and reuse them for industry or other productive activities. However, the liability regime imposed by federal and state hazardous waste programs in the US may actually discourage the purchase and reuse of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites. Recently, policymakers have come up with a plethora of programs to offer incentives for cleanup and reuse of brownfields. Dr. Anna Alberini and graduate student Dennis Guignet examined one such program, the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP), and analyze the features of the sites which use this program (and the sites which are eligible but do not use it). Additionally, they also look into the redevelopment potential of the above mentioned VCP parcels.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVolume 1, Issue 11en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15039
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCANRPen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCollege of Agriculture & Natural Resources
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDepartment of Agricultural & Resource Economics
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectbrownfieldsen_US
dc.subjectVoluntary Cleanup Programen_US
dc.subjectcontaminationen_US
dc.subjectBaltimoreen_US
dc.titleWho Participates in the Voluntary Cleanup Program: Lessons from Baltimore Cityen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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