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BROWNFIELDS

Specialty Definition: BROWNFIELDS

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Environment

Abandoned, idled, or under used industrial and commercial facilities/sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. They can be in urban, suburban, or rural areas. EPA's Brownfields initiative helps communities mitigate potential health risks and restore the economic viability of such areas or properties. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Brownfields, Louisiana

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Brownfields is a town located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 5,222.

Geography


Brownfields is located at 30°32'60" North, 91°7'22" West (30.549938, -91.122885)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²). 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.24% is water.

Demographics


As of the census of 2000, there are 5,222 people, 1,884 households, and 1,428 families residing in the town. The population density is 488.2/km² (1,265.3/mi²). There are 2,024 housing units at an average density of 189.2/km² (490.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 46.80% White, 51.82% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.11% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. 0.57% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,884 households out of which 35.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.2% are married couples living together, 16.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% are non-families. 21.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.69 and the average family size is 3.14. In the town the population is spread out with 25.9% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $38,103, and the median income for a family is $41,943. Males have a median income of $34,135 versus $22,279 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,894. 10.2% of the population and 11.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.8% are under the age of 18 and 8.8% are 65 or older.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brownfields, Louisiana."

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Commercial Usage: BROWNFIELDS

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Books

  • Brownfields Redevelopment: A Guidebook for Local Governments and Communities (reference)

  • Environmental Aspects of Real Estate Transactions: From Brownfields to Green Buildings (reference)

  • Risk-Based Corrective Action and Brownfields Restorations: Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Congress 98: October 18-21, 1998 Boston, Massachusetts) (reference)

  • Turning Brownfields into Greenbacks: Developing and Financing Environment (reference)

  • Zweig Market Intelligence Focus: Brownfields Outlook for A/E/P & Environmental Consulting Firms (reference)

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Cities: BROWNFIELDS


1. Brownfields, LA (CDP, FIPS 10145)
Location: 30.54645 N, 91.12065 W
Population (1990): 5229 (1921 housing units)
Area: 10.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Country: USA

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BROWNFIELDS

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

brownfields

53

epa brownfields

5

brownfields redevelopment

5

brownfields conference

3

2003 brownfields

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Rhyming with "BROWNFIELDS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "BROWNFIELDS" (pronounced brou"nfē'ldz)
6-n f ē' l d zcornfields, minefields.
5-f ē' l d zairfields, battlefields, goldfields, hayfields.
4-ē' l d zwindshields.
3-l d zbolds, builds, colds, emeralds, Faulds, fields, folds, footholds, golds, guilds, heralds, holds, households, marigolds, Molds, moulds, olds, rebuilds, scaffolds, scalds, scolds, shields, strongholds, thresholds, unfolds, upholds, welds, wields, wilds, withholds, worlds, yields.

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Anagrams: BROWNFIELDS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-d-e-f-i-l-n-o-r-s-w"

-1 letter: brownfield.

-2 letters: infolders, snowfield.

-3 letters: blinders, blowsier, bonfires, bowlders, bowlines, brindles, brownies, disbowel, flinders, fondlers, infolder, lobefins, snowbird, swindler.

-4 letters: berlins, binders, bindles, blinder, blonder, blondes, blowers, blowier, blowsed, boilers, bolides, bonders, bonfire, bordels, borides, bowfins, bowlder, bowlers, bowline, bridles, brindle, broiled, browned, brownie, browsed, dineros, disrobe, downers, downier, dowries, enfolds, finders, flinder, florins.

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Alternative Orthography: BROWNFIELDS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 52 4F 57 4E 46 49 45 4C 44 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01010010 01001111 01010111 01001110 01000110 01001001 01000101 01001100 01000100 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0052 004F 0057 004E 0046 0049 0045 004C 0044 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Cities
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Rhymes 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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