Initiating development : an evaluation of state brownfield redevelopment policies and initiatives : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

In response to the 1980 Comprehensive Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, states have taken measures to enact their own environmental clean-up policies and initiatives. Previous studies have analyzed different variables leading states to adopt such programs. This study continues this research, providing a comprehensive review of literature and testing hypotheses concerning the relationships between state population, EPA region, fiscal expenditures/revenues, and effort/investment, and using data collected by the Environmental Law Institute (2001), this paper uses multivariate regressions to analyze three models. Similar to previous work, this paper finds population, fiscal resources, and pollution severity as major factors affecting states' adoption of Brownfield redevelopment programs.