Considers S. 1, and identical S. 6, S. 9, and S. 750, to develop a program to increase employment opportunities and improve living conditions in distressed rural areas through industrial development financed by Federal loans.

Examines the role that brownfields redevelopment is playing and can play in our quest for sustainability, focusing on efforts in the US and Canada. This book looks at how brownfields are used as spaces for developing an array of residential, recreational, and employment-oriented projects that have breathed new life into the urban environment.