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By Stuart Tait
If you ask most American redevelopment
authorities—whether federal, state and sometimes even local—to
state the number and nature of brownfield properties under their
jurisdiction you will usually get a less than exact answer.
“Somewhere between 60,000 and 200,000.” “Over 2,000,
I’m guessing.” “There are a couple on the north side of
town,” are typical answers.
Scottish authorities have taken a different approach.
To better understand the where and what of their brownfield sites,
development authorities in Scotland regularly survey properties throughout
the country. These surveys give government planners, developers and
economic development authorities a powerful tool to redevelop brownfield
sites. The annual survey lets the Scotish government plan and promote their
sites locally, nationally, and even internationally.
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