Abstract
Brownfield sites have many negative ramifications on a local area which includes loss of economy, decline in land use value and potential hazard to human health and the environment. Despite the efforts on redeveloping brownfields, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) claims that over 10,000 known contaminated or potentially contaminated sites remain across Minnesota and thousands are likely to exist but have not been identified and recorded. The objectives of this study are to map the brownfield sites in Minneapolis based on the information provided by the regulatory sources and to categorize and analyze all the sites on the basis of location, area coverage and land use type using GIS tools and techniques.
Advisor
Forrest Wilkerson
First Committee Member
Rama Mohapatra
Second Committee Member
Cynthia Miller
Date of Degree
2015
Language
english
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Geography
College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Vaidya, Shreya, "GIS Analysis of Brownfield Sites in the City of Minneapolis" (2015). All Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects. 445.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/445
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