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A GIS Connection between Brownfield Sites, Transportation and Infrastructure: An Economic Redevelopment Tool for Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio

Schafer, Sarah E.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1484-4565
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321197692

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2011, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, Geography.
This thesis documents the design and development of a web-based data distribution system for brownfield site redevelopment in Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio. The system is designed to advance smart growth initiatives for economic redevelopment and the sustainable utilization of brownfield sites in the region. As with many Midwestern cities, industrial decline has lead to an abundance of brownfield sites in the area. A lack of data resources is one major barrier to redevelopment of these sites. The system developed here seeks to reduce that barrier by providing a user interface and information delivery system to support the identification and reuse of brownfield sites; in addition it can be replicated for use in other regions. Detailed here is the development and implementation of an interactive web-based geographic information system (GIS) designed as a user-centered decision support tool to augment policymakers’ and stakeholders’ site selection and infrastructure capital investment decisions to support brownfield redevelopment. This system thus provides not only a comprehensive data delivery tool and decision support system but also serves as a template for application in other urban regions.
Peter Lindquist, PhD (Advisor)
Daniel Hammel, PhD (Committee Member)
Sujata Shetty, PhD (Committee Member)
93 p.
Geographic Information Science
Web based GIS; brownfields; Decision support system development

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  • Schafer, S. E. (2011). A GIS Connection between Brownfield Sites, Transportation and Infrastructure: An Economic Redevelopment Tool for Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321197692

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schafer, Sarah. A GIS Connection between Brownfield Sites, Transportation and Infrastructure: An Economic Redevelopment Tool for Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio. 2011. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321197692.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schafer, Sarah. "A GIS Connection between Brownfield Sites, Transportation and Infrastructure: An Economic Redevelopment Tool for Toledo-Lucas County, Ohio." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1321197692

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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