“That land doesn’t mean anything to you?” In “Gone with the Wind,” Scarlett O’Hara learned that “land’s the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it’s the only thing that lasts.” What if a vacant, blighted swath of land, regardless of ownership, could be transformed into a dream home, a beautiful park, or a business? In this article, we are going to walk you through state-of-the-art remediation strategies and technologies that clean up contaminants and make brownfield redevelopment possible.

Redevelopment may increase local tax bases, facilitate job growth, utilize existing infrastructure through the improvement of the environment; consequently it provides greater protection of human health. This process also faces key challenges including management of environmental liability, and technical and financial barriers for cleanup. ...

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