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SUBMITTER: Branas CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5866574 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Branas Charles C CC South Eugenia E Kondo Michelle C MC Hohl Bernadette C BC Bourgois Philippe P Wiebe Douglas J DJ MacDonald John M JM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180226 12
Vacant and blighted urban land is a widespread and potentially risky environmental condition encountered by millions of people on a daily basis. About 15% of the land in US cities is deemed vacant or abandoned, an area roughly the size of Switzerland. In a citywide cluster randomized controlled trial, we investigated the effects of standardized, reproducible interventions that restore vacant land on the commission of violence, crime, and the perceptions of fear and safety. Quantitative and ethno ...[more]