Urban heat stress poses a major risk to public health. Case studies of individual cities
suggest that heat exposure, like other environmental stressors, may be unequally distributed …

Geographic research on parks has been wide-ranging but has seldom examined how and
why people use parks, leaving these questions to leisure science, which privileges socio …

The built environment is characterized by man-made physical features that make it difficult
for certain individuals-often poor people and people of color-to access certain places …

Economic Revitalization is unique in that it discusses leading revitalization strategies in the
context of both city and suburban settings, offering case studies of program development …

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities,
has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing …

Purpose This article highlights the essential notions of reviving urban space that should
adhere to the place's characteristics and the city's social-cultural language. It analyzes the …

The attendant inequities of the poor, people of color, brownfields distribution, and
redevelopment has not received a meaningful empirical or sociological analysis. This …

When parts of cities are seen to be “failing” in some way, a common response by
governments is to intervene spatially, with policies targeted at particular areas for fixed time …

This article argues for the inclusion of critical perspectives in public administration curricula
to explore the historical and contemporary processes that contribute to disparity and …

Background: Racial segregation is linked to poorer neighborhood quality and adverse
health conditions among minorities, including worse cancer outcomes. We evaluated …