This study examines the persistent impacts of historical racebased discriminatory housing
policies on contemporary urban environments in the United States. Specifically, we examine …

Vacant urban land, although not officially designated as a green space, often exhibits a semi-
wild natural state due to being left open to colonization by nature. Attention to the effects of …

Abstract After the Great Recession, a historically high level of foreclosures resulted in an
accumulation of vacant properties in the USA. However, much of our recent knowledge …

We highlight the use of a newer method—emerging hot spot analysis of space-time cubes
from defined locations—for examining the spread of housing vacancy in large Ohio MSAs …

We examine neighborhood housing vacancy patterns in the largest 200 metropolitan areas
from 2012 to 2019, focusing especially on Sunbelt and Rustbelt metros, both hit hard by the …

For the past several decades, spatial justice has been presented as a conceptual framework
to understand and address geographic inequalities. To date, most work associated with …

Critical to identifying the risk of environmentally driven disease is an understanding of the
cumulative impact of environmental conditions on human health. Here we describe the …

Programs that provide affordable and stable housing may contribute to better child health
and thus to fewer missed days of school. Drawing on a unique linkage of survey and …

In many settings, researchers may not have direct access to data on 1 or more variables
needed for an analysis and instead may use regression-based estimates of those variables …

The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has led to increased attention
on understanding how built environments affect NCD risks. However, there's a significant …