Lacking for Leisure: Spatial Constraints in Non-White Communities in Los Angeles DOI Creative Commons

Jeffrey Lawler

Опубликована: Май 29, 2024

This essay focuses on the historical forces that created functionally different gaming spaces and their placement in white non-white communities Los Angeles County, exposing reinforcing inherent problems with community investment. 1 While I focus structural changes racially segregated dearth of normative game recreative black minoritized communities, Sean Smith's work highlights how why those were imagined as principally associated a safe environment.In combination, we look to demonstrate both policy social constructs helped create types suburbia also looked police control from outside community.Our explores not only history Angeles, but interplay race leisure over 20 th century.The principal ideas inspired by variety digital works, including Abigail Norris' "Mapping Memphis" examined spatial connections owned mortuary surrounding Memphis, Tennessee.Similar projects map are under-represented help visualize economic often problematized conscious unconscious bias racism. 2 am primarily concerned varied such arcades, access spaces, creation, lack or differential creation relation racism throughout Angeles.In order situate where placed, this maps factory closures census data difference between extent changing structure older neighbourhoods affected investment case gamed arcade cabinets, within communities.To understand reach relevance categorized into four distinct qualitatively number games they held, attractions, proximity (See Figure 1).Employing term "gamed spaces" very specific definition has allowed us differentiate County intentionality location whether nominally known arcades merely housed few games.Primary distinctly that, arcades.Their primary singular attraction themselves.Secondary would most qualify an metrics, secondary, at least parallel, main attraction.These sites contained larger family entertainment centres Chuck E. Cheese, Mini-Golf centres, Go-Cart facilities.Tertiary "spaces games" may have qualified locally businesses, bowling alleys, skating rinks, pizza parlours, batting cages.These had fewer was something other than video games, activities spent advertised skating.The final space, quaternary, what route operators referred "street," liquor convenience stores, laundromats, restaurants, among locales.

Язык: Английский

Testing the EKC hypothesis for ecological and carbon intensity of well-being: The role of forest extent DOI
Doğan Barak, Mustafa Koçoğlu, Atif Jahanger

и другие.

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 945, С. 173794 - 173794

Опубликована: Июнь 12, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Impacts of wildfire smoke PM2.5, greenspace and terrain ruggedness on life expectancy in the contiguous United States DOI Creative Commons
Yanni Cao, Jianyong Wu

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 964, С. 178584 - 178584

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Advancing green space equity via policy change: A scoping review and research agenda DOI Creative Commons
Alessandro Rigolon, Rexford Osei Owusu, Marisol Becerra

и другие.

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 157, С. 103765 - 103765

Опубликована: Апрель 25, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Correlation of time trends of air pollutants, greenspaces and tracheal, bronchus and lung cancer incidence and mortality among the adults in United States DOI Creative Commons
Jia Zhao,

Ruihang Ren,

Narasimha M. Beeraka

и другие.

Frontiers in Oncology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14

Опубликована: Июль 25, 2024

Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung (TBL) cancer continues to represent the majority of cancer-related incidence mortality in United States (U.S.). While air pollutants are considered essential risk factors, both global national average concentrations major harmful have significantly decreased over decades. Green space may a beneficial effect on human health.

Язык: Английский

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Too Much Heat May Make You Smoke DOI Creative Commons
Shervin Assari, Babak Najand, Hossein Zare

и другие.

Global Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 4(1), С. 1 - 10

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025

Background: The rising concerns surrounding climate change have drawn attention to its potential impact on health, particularly among vulnerable groups such as children and older adults. Despite extensive research health consequences, limited studies explored the connection between extreme heat exposure tobacco use initiation adolescents in United States. Objectives: This study examines relationship of adolescents, using data from Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. It also evaluates mediating roles major depressive disorder (MDD) childhood behavioral problems. Methods: Data 11,878 participants ABCD were analyzed explore link (independent variable) (dependent variable). Covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, while MDD problems (measured Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL) assessed mediators. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was applied for analysis. Results: findings indicated a significant association an increased likelihood aged 9 15. partially mediated this relationship. Conclusions: These results underscore importance targeted interventions aimed at mitigating adolescent including influence initiation. Addressing mental challenges could help reduce these risks. Future longitudinal is needed confirm evaluate efficacy strategies protect youth populations.

Язык: Английский

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Heat Exposure Predicts Earlier Childhood Pubertal Initiation, Behavioral Problems, and Tobacco Use DOI Creative Commons
Shervin Assari, Babak Najand, Hossein Zare

и другие.

Global Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 5(1), С. 1 - 11

Опубликована: Янв. 16, 2025

Climate change has raised significant concerns about its impact on health, particularly for vulnerable populations such as children and adolescents. While extensive research examined physical health effects, limited attention been given to the influence of extreme heat developmental behavioral outcomes. This study investigates association between exposure early puberty initiation (ages 9-10), using data from Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. It further explores how correlates with problems tobacco use initiation. Data 11,878 participants in ABCD were analyzed examine relationship (independent variable) (outcome). Behavioral evaluated downstream outcomes puberty. Covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, assessed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed analysis. Extreme significantly associated earlier at ages 9-10. Early puberty, turn, correlated higher levels an increased likelihood These findings underscore importance addressing environmental factors reduce risks maturation, including substance challenges. Targeted interventions policies are needed mitigate child development, longitudinal studies essential confirm these results inform effective prevention strategies.

Язык: Английский

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Efficacy assessment of green-blue nature-based solutions against environmental heat mitigation DOI Creative Commons
Jeetendra Sahani, Prashant Kumar, Sisay E. Debele

и другие.

Environment International, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 179, С. 108187 - 108187

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2023

Nature-based solutions (NBS) such as green (vegetation) and blue (waterbodies) infrastructure are being promoted cost-effective sustainable strategies for managing the heatwaves risks, but long-term monitoring evidence is needed to support their implementation. This work aims conduct a comparative assessment of cooling efficiency (woodland grassland) (waterbody) NBS in contrast built-up area. Over year continuous fixed showed that average daily maximum temperatures at locations were 2-3 oC (up-to 15%) lower than Woodland temperature reduction almost all seasons, followed by waterbody grassland. performed best during summers, peak sunshine, heatwave hours (up ∼6 cooler area). Using an e-bike mobile monitoring, areas where green-blue combined highest spatial extent, waterbody, woodland, grassland areas. The database generated can validate city-scale environmental models assist city planners incorporate into urban dwellings based on opportunity, need scope, aligning with Sustainable Development Goals 11 (sustainable cities communities) 13 (climate action).

Язык: Английский

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Greenspace exposure may increase life expectancy of elderly adults, especially for those with low socioeconomic status DOI
Di Wei, Yi Lü, Xueying Wu

и другие.

Health & Place, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 84, С. 103142 - 103142

Опубликована: Ноя. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Examining the interplay between green technology, co2 emissions, and life expectancy in the asean-5 countries: insights from the panel FMOLS and DOLS approaches DOI Creative Commons
Mohd Shahidan Shaari, Temitayo B. Majekodunmi,

Amri Sulong

и другие.

Discover Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(1)

Опубликована: Дек. 3, 2024

Conference of Parties (COP28) emphasized the critical need to support vulnerable nations, particularly in Southeast Asia, by addressing climate change and enhancing finance mechanisms, which are vital for overall well-being their citizens. In response, we used Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS), Dynamic (DOLS), Cross Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lag (CS-ARDL) techniques examine effects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, green technology, health expenditures on life expectancy five Asian countries (ASEAN-5) from 1995 2020. Although there is a considerable body work factors that affect expectancy, this study closes major gap literature concentrating ASEAN-5 have not received enough attention studies expectancy. Specifically, incorporating such as CO2 expenditure, were considered those earlier analyses. The CS-ARDL results reveal technology could significantly enhance while emissions negative impact heterogeneous FMOLS DOLS also show heightened expenditure enhances Thailand Philippines, advocating increased investments healthcare infrastructure. Economic expansion emerges significant contributor enhanced Thailand, Singapore, emphasizing importance policies fostering sustainable economic development. Notably, adopting correlates positively with Singapore dual benefits environmentally practices. Conversely, exhibit consistent correlation across all countries, underscoring imperative robust environmental safeguard public health. Based results, recommend policymakers prioritize adopt strategies, promoting clean energy circular economies. addition, targeted incentives including tax breaks renewable subsidies capture research, should be implemented mitigate resilience, health, region.

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change and Heat: Challenges for Child Health Outcomes and Inequities DOI
Angela Zhang,

Mary Bennett,

Simona Cristina Martin

и другие.

Current Pediatrics Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 12(3), С. 106 - 116

Опубликована: Май 14, 2024

Язык: Английский

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