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URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
Volume 20, Issue -, Pages 32-42Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2016.07.016
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Brownfield conversion; Landfills; Parks; Resident attitudes; Urban planning; Waste treatment facilities
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- USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University
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The siting a landfill or waste treatment facility and the redevelopment of a brownfield or former landfill site are generally treated as independent issues in the research literature. Nonetheless, the two are important elements of community development and urban revitalization efforts. The purpose of this paper is to provide an integrated review of the current literature on attitudes toward waste treatment sites and their potential conversion for recreation use. We begin by examining research on residents' perceptions of and attitudes toward proposed and existing waste treatment facility sites, including the perceived impacts and determinants of attitudes toward these sites. Next we summarize work that has explored the subsequent conversion of former landfills or brownfield sites, with a particular emphasis on repurposing these sites for green space and recreation use. We conclude by summarizing key issues and implications for future research and policy development. (C) 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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