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Social Science Question

Overview

Health-relevant distributions

articles that address the following dimensions:

·The kinds of health-relevant physical structures and goods that impact health.

oE.g., landfills, powerplants, roads, factories, hospitals, grocery stores, liquor stores, etc.

·The kinds of health burdens and adverse effects that are produced where these are located.

oE.g., rates of cancer, food deserts, neighborhood fracturing, heat islands, asthma, etc.

·The kinds of health benefits that are produced by not having certain structures in the neighborhood.

oE.g., greater greenspace, less social vulnerability, better air quality, etc.

·The demographic data on these effects:

oE.g., disparities along dimensions of race, gender, age, etc.

Types of Contestation:

· The types of contestations that are available to demand advantageous built environments or refuse harmful built environments:

oArticles on chimurenga (what it was and how people feel about how it was deployed and whether it was successful).

oArticles on NIMBY (Not in my back yard).

oArticles on YIMBY (Yes in my back yard).

oArticles on LULU (Locally unwanted land use).