Survey of Local Growth Issues (RCED-00-272, September 2000)

		How did the possibility of federal Superfund liability affect your community's efforts to redevelop brownfields (abandoned industrial sites) over the last 5 years?									Number of Cases
		Not redeveloping brownfields	Greatly helped	Somewhat helped	No impact	Somewhat hindered	Greatly hindered	Uncertain	Other	No answer
Counties	Total	0	2.8	9.5	12.5	5.9	3.8	13.6	0.2	51.7	609
	Rural	0	1.8	8.5	13.9	3.6	1.8	9.1	0	61.2	165
	Nonrural	0	3.2	9.9	11.9	6.8	4.5	15.3	0.2	48.2	444
	Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Noncentral	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cities	Total	0	3.0	10.0	15.1	7.0	4.2	9.7	0.4	50.7	949
	Rural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Nonrural	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Central	0	3.6	14.3	18.1	10.1	6.0	14.3	0.2	33.3	414
	Noncentral	0	2.4	6.7	12.7	4.5	2.8	6.2	0.6	64.1	535

Note: The percentages in each row add to 100.

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