1. April 5, 2011 Christopher De Sousa Department of Urban Planning, Associate Professor and Chair Founding Co-Director, Brownfields Research Consortium University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee desousa@uwm.edu

2.  Personal Mission: ◦ To help reclaim and redevelop brownfields in a manner that revitalizes urban neighborhoods, enhances quality of life, and moves us toward sustainability.  Research ◦ Identify barriers to redevelopment & measures for overcoming them ◦ Examine alternative end-uses for brownfield sites ◦ Measure the outcomes of redevelopment  Teaching ◦ Provide students with the knowledge and tools needed to take redevelopment from vision to completion in a way that maximizes benefits

3.  Research  Brownfields Context (US & Canada)  Real Estate & Economic Development  Sustainability & Green Development  Methods  Stakeholder interviews  Analysis of development costs & benefits  Case study analysis  Utility  Common perceptions & challenges  Effectiveness of policy toolkit

4.  Research ◦ Brownfields to green space (Toronto & US Cities) ◦ Brownfields to housing (Milwaukee, Chicago, Toronto & Vancouver) ◦ Sustainable redevelopment Best Management Practices (US)  Methods ◦ Case study analysis ◦ Stakeholder interviews  Utility ◦ Perceptions ◦ Redevelopment Processes ◦ Barriers ◦ Lessons Learned

5.  Research ◦ Economic  Jobs, taxes  Surrounding property value ◦ Environment  Reclaimed land  Consumption behavior & Impact ◦ Community  User & public perceptions  Quality of life ◦ Sustainability Benchmarks  Methods (numerous)  Utility ◦ Case for why we should bother supporting redevelopment

6. Menomonee Valley & Inner Harbor Atlanta False Creek Vancouver  Many popular brownfield projects have been envisioned and/or developed via collaborative class & research experiences

7.  Fund applied work  Collaborate with researchers (data, interviews, writing)  Act as a client for classes or thesis projects  Teach or co-teach a class  Suggest research ideas for academics  Find ways to incorporate research into policy discussions  Encourage academics to condense research results