The built landscape of the United States began to change dramatically after World
War II. Federal Housing Administration guaranteed loans, the rise in automobile use, and
Euclidian zoning all coincided to encourage growth further from the cities at a rapid rate.
After fifty years the problems associated with this sprawl pattern of development have
forced municipalities to examine more sustainable development patterns.
Greyfield properties are considered the declining, underperforming and vacant shopping
centers, big-box properties and malls. They are symbols of an unsustainable urban pattern
of development that has continued to leapfrog to less expensive greenfield sites.
However, as cities begin to focus on becoming more sustainable these greyfield sites can
be opportunities in disguise. Greyfield sites can be redeveloped into mixed-use
communities that not only allow cities to direct growth back into the center but also
achieve numerous Smart Growth goals.
The case studies in this report, Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Florida and Belmar in
Lakewood, Colorado, are examples of the value of greyfield redevelopment as a growth
management tool. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/22555 |
| Date | 05 December 2013 |
| Creators | Riley, Suzanne Adele |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | electronic |
| Rights | Copyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works., Restricted |
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