What is Brownfield land?
'''Brownfield sites''' are [[abandoned]] or not very used industrial and business places available for [[re-use]]. Expansion or [[redevelopment]] of such a facility may be difficult by real or possible environmental [[contamination]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brownfieldscenter.org/big/glossary.shtml|format=URL|publisher=Environmental Law Institute|title=Glossary of Terms for Brownfields|access-date=2009-11-29|archive-date=2008-08-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828001140/http://www.brownfieldscenter.org/big/glossary.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Image:Soilcontam.JPG|thumb|280px|Example of brownfield land at a disused gasworks site after excavation, with soil contamination from removed underground storage tanks.]] In the [[United States]] [[city planning]] language, a '''brownfield site''' (or simply a '''brownfield''') is [[real property|land]] previously used for [[industry|industrial]] purposes or certain business uses. The land may be contaminated by low amounts of [[hazardous waste]] or [[pollution]]. It has the potential to be reused once it is cleaned up. Land that is more severely contaminated and has high levels of hazardous waste or pollution, such as a [[Superfund]] site, does not fall under the brownfield classification. ''Mothballed brownfields'' are properties which the owners are not willing to transfer or put to productive reuse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/success/showcase/sc_milwauke.htm |format=URL |publisher=Environmental Protection Agency|title=Brownfields Showcase Community Fact Sheet|access-date=2009-11-29}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]], the term applies more generally to previously used land. ==References== <references /> [[Category:Urban geography]] {{stub}}