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Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Connecting to nature through community engaged scholarship: Community gardens as sites for collaborative relationships, psychological, and physiological wellbeing. [PDF]

Front Psychiatry, 2022
Ward KS, Truong S, Gray T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Meadow Park Community Gardens Improvements

, 2023
The San Luis Obispo Community Gardens offer space for residents to grow food at a low-cost yearly lease. Among the five Community Gardens in the city, there are over 100 plots available to purchase.
Preciado, Ryan D
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A Prediction Model for One‐Year Disability Risk Among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults in China: Integrating Physical, Metabolic, and Psychosocial Factors

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
Based on a prospective cohort of 1003 older adults, we developed and validated a practical disability prediction model integrating physical, metabolic, and psychosocial factors (AUC = 0.716), presented via a user‐friendly nomogram for community use. ABSTRACT Background Disability in older adults, characterized by progressive limitations in performing ...
Yanjun Ma, Chaofan Geng, Zhibin Wang, Yiwei Zhao, Lixin Ma, Pengpeng Ye, Leilei Duan, Guoping Peng, Yi Tang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small-scale urban agriculture: Drivers of growing produce at home and in community gardens in Detroit. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Grebitus C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sustaining Hoosier Communities: Bedford and Mitchell Community Gardens

, 2018
This report was developed by students in SPH-F150: Introduction to Lifespan Development at Indiana University in collaboration with the Bedford and Mitchell Community Garden Programs through the 2017–2018 Sustaining Hoosier Communities initiative.
Getz, Deb
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Environmental Pesticide Exposure in the Etiology of Pediatric Brain Tumors and Leukemia: A Scoping Review of Epidemiological Studies

International Journal of Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric cancer is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children. The etiologies of pediatric cancer are largely unknown, but environmental pesticide exposures are likely to contribute. Chronic low‐dose exposure to pesticide mixtures through drinking water is a growing concern in agricultural communities.
Grace N. VanDeSteeg, Alyssa R. Russum, Matthew R. Sandbulte, Eleanor G. Rogan, Martha G. Rhoades   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bumble Bee Abundance in New York City Community Gardens: Implications for Urban Agriculture

Cities and the Environment, 2009
A variety of crops are grown in New York City community gardens. Although the production of many crops benefits from pollination by bees, little is known about bee abundance in urban community gardens or which crops are specifically dependent on bee ...
Gail A. Langellotto, Kevin C. Matteson
doaj  

Community gardens support stress coping and health – A comparison of rural and urban perceptions of benefits

Wellbeing, Space and Society
Community gardens provide health and stress coping benefits in various geographic settings. However, despite the different structural contexts of rural and urban areas, little work has considered how community garden health benefits may differ in these ...
Katie L. Butterfield, Kathryn P. Daniels
doaj   +1 more source

Framing Food Access: Do Community Gardens Inadvertently Reproduce Inequality? [PDF]

Health Educ Behav, 2021
Butterfield KL, Ramírez AS.
europepmc   +1 more source