What are Your Favorite GIS Data Sources for Brownfields Redevelopment?

Brownfields redevelopment involves the assessment, cleanup and transformation of contaminated and unwanted properties—be they urban, suburban, rural, waterfront, or tribal—from a liability and expense for one organization to an asset and reuse opportunity for another.

GIS can assist brownfields redevelopment professionals in many facets of their work, from conducting site inventories and data collection for environmental remediation to marketing properties for redevelopment purposes.

The International City/County Management Association (ICMA), in collaboration with ESRI, wants to develop a checklist of potential or suggested GIS data sets that are useful for brownfields redevelopment work (e.g., historical aerial photographs or property transaction records). We want to know what your favorite GIS data sources are and what applications you have found helpful for brownfields redevelopment.

Please contact David Borak at dborak@icma.org or fax 202-962-3506 with your suggestions or ideas of where to go for GIS data for brownfields redevelopment.

-- Forwarded to NSGIC Membership by Leslie Wollack, of the National Geospatial Programs Office (USGS)