Paper Number: EE-0428

Document Date: 12/02/1999

Author(s):  Environmental Law Institute

Subject Area(s):

Economic Analysis, Brownfields, Land Reuse, Rural Development

Keywords: Economic Analysis, Brownfields, Land Reuse, Rural Development

Summary: 

The purpose of the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series is to hold in-depth workshops on timely topics that will further the use of economics as a tool for environmental decision making. Both NSF/EPA grant recipients and researchers (from EPA, fellow Federal agencies, academia, and others) will be invited to attend and discuss their on-going research. Topics will be chosen based on relevance to current EPA issues and, more broadly, to issues of concern to the environmental economics community. These topics include exploration of innovations in economic research methods as well as how research will further environmental policy making and future environmental economic studies.

These are the proceedings from a one-day workshop jointly sponsored by the US EPA Office of Economy and Environment and the National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance. The first session, "Brownfields and Property Values," focused on better measurement of private land values in the presence of environmental damages and urban infill versus greenfield development. In the afternoon, Session 2, "Land Use and Tradeoffs in Rural Areas," explored examples of tradeoffs in public and private land values, involving open space, recreation, timber, species habitat and soil conservation. The day concluded with a discussion of innovative approaches to land use, which can be found under Session 3.

Session I: Brownfields and Property Values

• Introductory Remarks of Stephen Lingle, Director US EPA National Center for Environmental Research and Quality Assurance, Environmental Engineering Research Division - Summarization
• Environmental Contamination, Risk Perceptions, and Property Values, by Jill McCluskey, Washington State University, and Gordon C. Rausser, University of California at Berkeley
• Undesirable Facilities and Non-Host Community Effects, by Katherine McClain, Pennsylvania State University, and Katherine A. Kiel, College of the Holy Cross.
• Undesirable Facilities, Neighborhood Dynamics and Environmental Equity, by Katherine A. Kiel, College of the Holy Cross.
• Policy Discussion of Session One by Robin Jenkins, US EPA Office of Economy and Environment
• Policy Discussion of Session One by Joseph Schilling, International City/County Management Association - Summarization
• Question and Answer Period for Session One.

Session 2: Land Use and Tradeoffs in Rural Areas

• Changing Land Use Patterns at the Urban/Rural Fringe by Nancy Bockstael, University of Maryland - Summarization
• Land Management with Ecological and Economic Objectives, by Stephen Polasky, Claire Montgomery, David Calkins, Jeffrey Arthur, Darek Nalle, and Nathan Schumaker
• Valuing Outdoor Recreation Effects of Rural Conservation Programs: Constructing Travel Cost Models When Recreational Sites Are Ill-defined by Daniel Hellerstein, USDA, Economic Research Service - Summarization
• Policy Discussion of Session Two by Katherine Smith, USDA, Economic Research Service - Summarization
• Policy Discussion of Session Two by Brian Heninger. US EPA Office of Economy and Environment
• Question and Answer Period for Session Two

Session 3: Panel Discussion on Innovative Approaches to Land Use

• Remarks by Tim Torma, US EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation– Summarization
• Remarks by Sven-Erik Kaiser, US EPA Brownfields Office – Summarization
• Question and Answer Period – Summarization

This workshop is part of the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series.

• Economic Analysis and Land Use Policy, Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop in the Environmental Policy and Economics Workshop Series (PDF)(130 pp, 231 K, 12/02/1999, EE-0428)
  "Brownfields and Property Values," focused on better measurement of private land values in the presence of environmental damages and urban infill versus greenfield development. In the afternoon, Session 2, "Land Use and Tradeoffs in Rural Areas," explored examples of tradeoffs in public and private land values, involving open space, recreation, timber, species habitat and soil conservation. The day concluded with a discussion of innovative approaches to land use, which can be found in Session 3