Typically, directories were provided free annually and their cost was covered by advertising revenue (Busse & Rysman, 2005; Rysman, M. 2004). Businesses valued the Pink/Yellow pages advertising because customers were exposed to it at exactly the time they were poised…

Accuracy and Reliability of Historical Commercial Directories Commercial directories contain a wealth of information pertaining to potential contaminated sites. Not only do they contain the name of businesses and their locations, but many listed the products they produced and added…

A Brief Review of History, Accuracy and Reliability Obtaining information on historical site use from third parties is becoming commonplace in contaminated land assessments. However, there appears to be a lack of understanding surrounding the sources, accuracy and reliability of…