What do Abandoned Places Tell Us About How We Can Better Use Land?

Professor Bill Holt, associate director of Cumberland School of Law's Land Use & Natural Resources Law Center, talks with Dean Blake Hudson about his article “Ghost Towns, Dead Malls, and Foreclosed Landscapes in Post-Industrial Society” soon to be published in the American Sociological Association journal Contexts. Holt discusses the features of U.S. law and its economy that contribute to the abandonment of developed spaces across the nation and highlights the projected changes in U.S. landscapes over the next several decades.