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Description
This learning module focuses on two broad topics — hazardous waste and brownfields — and is suitable for courses in environmental and sustainability planning, environmental engineering, environmental science, environmental studies, and community development. The first topic explains different types of hazardous waste and challenges associated with them, discusses landfills and Superfund sites, presents consequences of Superfund sites using historical case studies, and finally introduces Cradle-to-Grave hazardous waste management systems. The second topic focuses on the history and types of brownfields in the USA, their disadvantages and opportunities, as well as their redevelopment options. Using text, field visits, and a series of documentary clips and videos, this learning module explains why students need to enhance their understanding of hazardous waste management and brownfield redevelopment from the viewpoints of environmental justice, community development, and gentrification.
Publication Date
6-12-2018
Subject
Brownfields--United States; Hazardous waste sites
Document Type
Curricular Materials
Disciplines
Geography
DOI
10.31986/issn.2689-0690_rdw.oer.1002
Recommended Citation
Meenar, Mahbubur R., "Brownfield Redevelopment: Communities in Transition" (2018). Open Educational Resources. 3.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/oer/3
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Comments
This learning module was developed as part of a 2017-2018 NEH Human Connections grant to Rowan University faculty titled Cultivating the Environmental Humanities.
This content is copyright 2018 by the author and must be properly attributed (see Recommended Citation). Contact the author for reuse permission.