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Entries from October 20th, 2012
Protected: Inequality in the Delivery of Urban Services: A Reconsideration of the Chicago Parks.
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Protected: Promoting and Sustaining Change in Residential Parks Communities.
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Protected: Destination: THE MULTI-GENERATIONAL PARK.
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Protected: Housing Deal Ensures Park in Brooklyn Will Expand
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EPA Investigation
October 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Gowanus Canal
This article discusses the different contaminants found in the Canal. This source is unbiased because it is a presentation of results. The article states that there are high levels of polycyclic aromatic compounds, lead, copper, and mercury in the water. It’s ultimate goal is to incite action. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/d0cf6618525a9efb85257359003fb69d/e99317da92c631ce8525782b0057e138!OpenDocument&Highlight=2,risk – Jessen T.
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EPA Publishes First Superfund Annual Report
October 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
This paper does not have an author and is merely a report that discusses the overall topics of all superfund projects in 2004. Since the EPA published this and it’s being reported on by another source, there may be some bias in the wording maybe downplaying some failures and exaggerating on some of the positive […]
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Brownfield Legislation is Helping Us Stay Green
October 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
The author Dan Davidson is Professor of Business Law, Chair of Accounting, and Finance and Business Law at Radford University. In his paper, he argues that superfund sites are the future of brownfields because they can fulfill all pillars of sustainability. He claims that superfunds help the environment because the clean up the land, create […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Statute of Limitations for Takings Claim Related to Superfund Site
October 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Gowanus Canal
This paper does not list an author and does not contain a thesis because it discusses the background and outcome of a Supreme Court case. In the case, a business sues the EPA because a part of a company’s land was fenced off because contaminates from a nearby superfund site went to his area. In […]
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Responses to Environmental Regulation Superfund Cleanups and Infant Health
October 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Gowanus Canal
Janet Currie is the Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Director of the Center for Health and Well-Being at Princeton University. In this paper she tries to find out the effect of site cleanups on infant health. At the end of her results, she decides that it is inconclusive as it can be debated whether […]
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Commuting from U.S. Brownfield and Greenfield Residential Development Neighborhoods
October 19th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Gowanus Canal
The author Amy Nagengast is a doctorial student at Carnegie Mellon University in Civil and Environmental Engineering focusing on sustainability issues. The author’s thesis is that greenfields actually use more resources than brownfields because they are usually further away from the center from the city. Also, brownfield areas use more public transportation and have a […]
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