Funding Agency: Consul General of Canada, Washington D.C., Canadian Studies Research Program
Project Goals: to gain a better understanding of the nature of the brownfields problem in Canadian cities and to investigate the role of local government in dealing with it “on the ground.”
The specific objectives are:
- To gather information on the scale and character of the brownfields problem and of redevelopment activity in Canadian cities over the last half decade;
- To investigate the factors contributing to the creation and redevelopment of brownfields in those cities, as well as the barriers and benefits associated with such redevelopment;
- To examine the role of local government in managing and facilitating redevelopment activity, as it relates to regulatory, financial, technical, and other issues;
- To collect information from local government officials regarding the actions of other public- and private-sector stakeholders in the redevelopment process and additional support they require for furthering redevelopment activity; and
- To collect available information on brownfield redevelopment performance or outcomes (e.g., land cleaned up, property redeveloped, jobs created, etc.).