...Juha Siikamäki; Kris Wernstedt This study employs interviews, document review, and a national survey of local government officials to investigate the factors that influence the success of efforts to convert underutilized contaminated properties into greenspace. We find that the presence...

... poli- tics are constricted and conflicted. Such conversions are products of local land-use decisions, but because they entail resolution of touchy grassroots challenges — the cost of acquiring contaminated land, liability issues, the merits of commercial-industrial versus greenspace uses...

... and Southern Appalachians, assessing biodiversity and its conservation in the United States, and examining local government officials’ perceptions of brownfield-to-greenspace conversion. His recent publications include an evaluation of alternative choice experiment methods for preference elicitation...

... partnership that would oversee school-yard revitalization. This marked the beginning of BSI. The task force was jointly convened by the mayor’s office and the Boston Greenspace Alliance, a local organization that had a reputation for advocating for the environmental needs of diverse communities...