TY - JOUR
T1 - Reconceiving Military Base Redevelopment: Land Use on Mothballed U.S. Bases
AU - Ashley, Amanda Johnson
AU - Touchton, Michael
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - The U.S. Department of Defense has closed 128 domestic bases over the last 30 years through the Base Realignment and Closure Process. Current scholarship describes this process and provides snapshots of transition, yet there is very little systematic knowledge of what follows base closure. We introduce an original data set chronicling military base redevelopment and present evidence suggesting that the variation in the built environment on former military bases stems from considerations somewhat unique to military redevelopment, particularly the presence of federal funding, contamination of redevelopment parcels, and economic output in the surrounding county. Our arguments offer new directions for redevelopment scholarship and a first step for developing best practices to help cities redevelop mothballed bases.
AB - The U.S. Department of Defense has closed 128 domestic bases over the last 30 years through the Base Realignment and Closure Process. Current scholarship describes this process and provides snapshots of transition, yet there is very little systematic knowledge of what follows base closure. We introduce an original data set chronicling military base redevelopment and present evidence suggesting that the variation in the built environment on former military bases stems from considerations somewhat unique to military redevelopment, particularly the presence of federal funding, contamination of redevelopment parcels, and economic output in the surrounding county. Our arguments offer new directions for redevelopment scholarship and a first step for developing best practices to help cities redevelop mothballed bases.
KW - base closures
KW - defense conversion
KW - land use
KW - military base redevelopment
KW - urban revitalization
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/planning_facpubs/24
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1078087414568028
U2 - 10.1177/1078087414568028
DO - 10.1177/1078087414568028
M3 - Article
JO - Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations
JF - Urban Studies and Community Development Faculty Publications and Presentations
ER -