Healthy Urban Environmental Features for Poverty Resilience: The Case of Detroit, USA.

ABSTRACT: Within the existing relationship among urban environment, health, and poverty, it is necessary to clarify and characterize the influence that the physical environment has on community socioeconomic outcomes. Given that Detroit has one of the highest poverty rates among large metropolitan areas in the United States, this study aims to identify environmental and urban features that have influenced poverty in this city by assessing whether changes in household income are associated with characteristics of the built environment. The difference of median household income (DMHI) between 2017 and 2013 and 27 environmental and urban variables were investigated using both geographic distribution mapping and statistical correlation analysis. Results suggest that proximity of housing to job opportuni

SUBMITTER: Leandro-Reguillo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296987 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature