Utilization, in queueing theory, is the proportion of the system's resources which is used by the traffic which arrives at it. It should be strictly less than one for the system to function well. It is usually represented by the symbol . If then the queue will continue to grow as time goes on. In the simplest case of an M/M/1 queue (Poisson arrivals and a single Poisson server) then it is given by the mean arrival rate over the mean service rate, that is,
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U.S. EPA - Brownfields Homepage - Gateway to information on brownfields redevelopment and on Environmental Protection Agency programs to promote restoration and reuse of contaminated lands.
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American Land Recycling's Brownfields Articles - Development company staff publications, primarily about financial aspects of brownfields redevelopment.
Avtex Fibers Superfund Site - About a sixty five million dollar Superfund redevelopment project in cooperation with the U.S. EPA, VADEQ, and FMC Corporation. Front Royal, Virginia.
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Brownfield Cultivation - Converting a brownfield site into an eco-village in Idaho.
Brownfield Gentrification - Criticises a brownfield redevelopment in Amsterdam (Netherlands), saying the worst aspect of the project is the way it is linked to a social vision that rejects social equality.
Meta Description: [ Ex-industrial brownfield sites are used for prestige developments, promoting gentrification, and harming the weakest social groups. ]
Brownfields - Information about brownfields redevelopment projects in California and links to other internet resources on the topic.
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Brownfields - Northeast-Midwest Institute - Reports, program and policy analyses, summaries of pending legislative proposals, and internet links related to brownfield redevelopment in the U.S., particularly financial aspects.
Meta Description: [ Northeast-Midwest Institute Brownfields Home Page ]
Brownfields: Recycling America's Land - Reports and other resources from U.S. Conference of Mayors.
BrownfieldsSource.org - Comprehensive resource for brownfields information. News, events, and reports related to brownfields. Also includes interactive inquiry service for local governments and brownfields experts directory.
Meta Description: [ Comprehensive resource for brownfields information. News, events, reports related to economics, community, environment, redevelopment, government, law, innovation. Features interactive inquiry service for local governments, directory of brownfields experts. ]
California Center for Land Recycling - Nonprofit working to repair fractured communities and discourage urban sprawl through training, technical assistance and grants for communities attempting to turn around vacant or environmentally distressed properties.
Changing Places - UK Millennium program to help local communities tackle the legacy of post-industrial decay, breathing new life into derelict and neglected land. Includes best practices information and project information and photos.
Meta Description: [ Changing Places ]
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EPA Brownfields Redevelopment for Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska - Helping communities revitalize brownfields -- abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities and land where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
Meta Description: [ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA),
Region 7, The Heartland, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska (IA, KS, MO, NE).
A diverse professional workforce who partner with other federal, tribal, state,
and local agencies to prevent and minimize release of pollutants and conta... ]
Institute for Responsible Management - Established to conduct research on public policy issues relating to environmental, public safety and health concerns. Currently focusing on studies of brownfields cleanup and reuse, primarily evaluating the U.S. brownfields pilot projects.
Meta Description: [ CRESP Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation working to advance cost-effective cleanup and greater stakeholder understanding of the nation's nuclear weapons production facility waste sites by improving the scientific and technical basis of environmental management decisions. ]
Land Regeneration Network - A forum for discussion where regional, national and international issues on land regeneration and remediating contaminated land can be raised.
Meta Description: [ The Land Regeneration Network (LRN) provides a networking platform for the dissemination of scientific commercial and government information between contaminated land and waste management stakeholders in Wales. LRN networking provides a forum for discussion where regional, national and internatio... ]
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Michigan's Brownfield Recovery - Details of cases, opinions, decisions and references on Michigan's extensive Brownfield's work, by Alan D. Wasserman, Attorney.
National Brownfield Association - A nonprofit educational organization providing information to businesses, professionals, and nonprofits about the benefits of developing environmentally impaired properties.
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Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe - Scientific and technical information and ideas relating to all aspects of industrially contaminated land, including soil and groundwater problems. Includes announcements of upcoming conferences and events.
New Hampshire's Brownfields Law - Synopsis of Chapter 264, HB 636 which is New Hampshire's brownfields law.
New York Brownfields - A New York environmental lawyer's comprehensive compilation and critical review of information and materials relating to brownfields and brownfields reutilization in New York State.
Meta Description: [ Critical review of New York's brownfields and voluntary cleanup programs ]
Recycling America's Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment - U.S. Conference of Mayors report on the extent of the problem of underutilized and abandoned industrial land in U.S. cities, and the potential economic and environmental benefits of reclaiming this land.
Regional Online Brownfields Information Network - Issues, solutions, and information resources related to land recycling in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada. Includes numerous brownfields case studies.
Revitalization of Lower Vitkovice, Czech Republic - A brownfields redevelopment case study.
Richmond, VA: Brownfields initiative - EPA emergency response and record of improvement for this city.
St. Louis, MO: Brownfields initiative - EPA site explaining details of Missouri's major brownfield sites and work to rehabilitate and use them.
The Brownfields Center - Portal maintained by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh, providing comprehensive information on revitalizing idle industrial sites, including regulations, case studies, decision support tools, and resource directories.
Meta Description: [ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate Programs, Research, Faculty, Staff, and Undergraduate Education. ]
Waterloo Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative - Information about U.S. EPA Brownfields Pilot in Iowa, designed to create a model for stimulating economic development, apply that model throughout the Rath Area and the City.