11.370 | Fall 2005 | Graduate

Brownfields Policy and Practice

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SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Course Introduction  
2 Brownfields Basics  
3 How We Got Here: Law and Liability  
4 Market Forces: Opportunity Drivers  
5 Site Tour: City of Lynn  
6 So What Do You Want To Do About It?

Guest Speaker - Deirdre Menoyo, Esq.

Draft research topic / question due
7 Environmental Justice: The View through the Chain Link Fence  
8 Environmental Justice in Practice

Guest Speaker - Russ Lopez, Boston University School of Public Health

 
9 Environmental Constraints: The Technology of Cleanup  
10 Guest Speaker - John McTigue, L.S.P. Paper 1 due
11 Environmental Constraints: Risk Assessments  
12 Guest Speaker - Dave Merill  
13 Recap of Environmental Issues  
14 Economic Considerations in Brownfields Redevelopment Paper 2 outline due
15 Liability and Risk Management  
16 Bringing it All Together  
17 Developer Perspective

Guest Speaker - Eli Levine, Brownfields Recovery Corp.

 
18 The Role of CDCs in Brownfields Redevelopment

Guest Speaker - Jeremy Liu, ACDC

 
19 Where does that Leave us?  
20 Brownfield Politics and The End Game

Guest Speaker - Scott Darling, Esq.

Case Study - Part I

 
21 Case Study - Part II  
22 Case Study - Part III  
23 Student Presentations - I  
24 Student Presentations - II  
25 Student Presentations - III Paper 2 due

Course evaluations due

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