scholarly journals A Contrast of U.S. Metropolitan Demographic Poverty: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Robert G. Mogull
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Statistical Evidence ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Demographic Group ◽  
The Individual ◽  
American Cities

This paper examines and compares U.S. poverty rates on two levels, with data obtained from the decennial censuses of 1960 through 2000. First, rates of poverty for five demographic groups are contrasted within each of the three most populous metropolises of the nation—Chicago, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and New York. Second, rates for each demographic group are contrasted among the three metropolises. The statistical evidence reveals both large differences among the individual demographic groups and also in the trends among the three most populous American cities.

Urban Bicyclists

2008 ◽  
Vol 2074 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Cahill Delmelle ◽  
Jean-Claude Thill
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
The United States ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Functional Class ◽  
Traffic Crash ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Spatial Dependencies ◽  
Model Residuals ◽  
Road Characteristics ◽  
American Cities

As issues related to oil dependency, rising gas prices, and global warming come to the forefront of topics of concern for Americans, the need for alternative modes of transportation has become critical. Urban settings are seemingly ideal for bicycling to become a significant mode, given the greater compactness of destinations. However, in the United States, bicycling is both scarcely used and very dangerous, as bicyclists are 12 times more likely to be killed than automobile drivers. The purpose of this research is to gain greater insights into the geographic dimensions of traffic crash intensity that bicyclists may experience in American cities. Bicycle crashes are studied in Buffalo, New York, for the years 2003 and 2004. The geographic distribution of crashes is determined and compared for both youth and adult bicyclists and factors of crash hazard intensity are statistically identified. Density of development and physical road characteristics such as roadway and intersection functional class are examined, as well as socioeconomic and demographic variables and potential trip attractors. Given the spatial nature of these variables, a spatially weighted regression model is incorporated to account for spatial dependencies of the dependent variables and of their model residuals. The results of the analysis indicate clear distinctions between youth and adult bicycle crashes, both in terms of the neighborhoods where victims reside and in terms of the neighborhoods where these two demographic groups are found to be more frequently involved in a crash with a motorized vehicle.

scholarly journals State Level Poverty: The Case Of New York

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Mogull
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Demographic Group

This study serves two purposes. First, it demonstrates a method of estimating and projecting annual poverty at sub-national levels. Data are obtained from decennial censuses and form the benchmarks from which poverty is estimated and projected for separate demographic groups. Projections are based upon historical curvilinear trends for each group. The methodology demonstrated can be easily applied in a variety of jurisdictional settings and levels. The second objective is to provide a portrait of poverty by demographic group specifically within the State of New York. The evidence indicates that New York can anticipate a substantial poverty increase over the next decade. There will also be major shifts among demographic groups in their shares of overall State poverty.

Looking Back and Moving Forward

2012 ◽  
Vol 2271 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Jaynes ◽  
Trent Lethco ◽  
Yennga Khuong ◽  
Vincent Riscica
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transportation Policy ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Surface Transportation ◽  
Transportation Equity ◽  
Departments Of Transportation ◽  
American Cities

Over the past 20 years, federal transportation policy and funding initiatives—such as the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991; the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users; Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grants; and the Partnership for Sustainable Communities—have opened doors to establishing sustainable transportation policy in the United States. However, these initiatives have not always resulted in transformative change. A clear path to actionable, sustainable transportation policy requires a change within the local and regional agencies tasked with establishing and implementing the policy. This paper documents the incremental changes in departments of transportation and planning in seven American cities (Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; Los Angeles, California; New York; Portland, Oregon; and Washington, D.C.) that have enabled a shift toward sustainable transportation policy. Interviews with key transportation leaders in each city revealed the methods used to implement more sustainable transport. These methods serve as a blueprint for other leaders who wish to create similar changes in their own cities.

scholarly journals Bridging Silos: A Research Agenda for Local Environmental Health Initiatives

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Katrina Smith Korfmacher
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Environment And Public Health ◽  
Long Beach ◽  
Local Systems ◽  
Health Initiatives ◽  
Lead Poisoning Prevention ◽  
Poisoning Prevention

The environment and public health are managed by separate institutions that often operate in isolation from each other. This system is often referred to as managing in “silos.” The resulting lack of coordination, inadequate consideration of cumulative effects, and diffuse targets for change contribute to the persistence of many environmental justice problems. There are many barriers to bridging these silos, particularly at state and federal levels. Local collaborations, however, may have greater potential for changing these systems. There has been limited assessment of successful local environmental health initiatives. This paper explores three case studies of local collaboration: lead poisoning prevention in Rochester, New York; promoting a healthy and equitable built environment in Duluth, Minnesota; and increasing consideration of community health in decisions around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. It develops a research agenda to inform future collaborations to improve environmental health equity through local systems change.

scholarly journals County Poverty: The Case Of Los Angeles

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Mogull
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
National Level ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Demographic Group ◽  
Hispanic Community ◽  
County Poverty

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This study serves two purposes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>First, it demonstrates a method of estimating and projecting annual poverty at the sub-national level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Data obtained from decennial censuses provide the benchmarks from which poverty is estimated and projected for various demographic groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Projections are based upon curvilinear trends both of rates and of counts for each group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The methodology can be easily applied in a variety of jurisdictional settings and levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The second objective is to provide a specific portrait of poverty by demographic group within the County of Los Angeles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The evidence indicates a substantial increase over the next decade both in the incidence of poverty and in the number of impoverished residents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The primary source of County poverty is the growth in its Hispanic community.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals Air Quality during COVID-19 in Four Megacities: Lessons and Challenges for Public Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (14) ◽  
pp. 5067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Connerton ◽  
João Vicente de Assunção ◽  
Regina Maura de Miranda ◽  
Anne Dorothée Slovic ◽  
Pedro José Pérez-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Air Pollutants ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Fine Particulate ◽  
The Individual

The study described in this manuscript analyzed the effects of quarantine and social distancing policies implemented due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on air pollution levels in four western megacities: São Paulo in Brazil; Paris in France; and Los Angeles and New York in the United States. The study investigated the levels of four air pollutants—Carbon monoxide (CO), Ozone (O3), Fine Particulate (PM2.5) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)—during the month of March 2020, compared to 2015–2019, in the urban air of these metropolitan areas, controlling for meteorological variables. Results indicated reductions in the levels of PM2.5, CO and NO2, with reductions of the latter two showing statistical significance. In contrast, tropospheric ozone levels increased, except in Los Angeles. The beneficial health effects of cleaner air might also help prevent deaths caused by the epidemic of COVID-19 in megacities by diminishing pressure on hospitals and health equipment. Future actions for the re-starting of non-essential economic activities in these cities should take into consideration the overall importance of health for the individual, as well as for societies.

The “Japanese Turn” in Fine Dining in the United States, 1980–2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Yamashita
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay Area ◽  
The United States ◽  
First Century ◽  
Further Training ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Wide Acceptance

In the 1970s, Japanese cooks began to appear in the kitchens of nouvelle cuisine chefs in France for further training, with scores more arriving in the next decades. Paul Bocuse, Alain Chapel, Joël Robuchon, and other leading French chefs started visiting Japan to teach, cook, and sample Japanese cuisine, and ten of them eventually opened restaurants there. In the 1980s and 1990s, these chefs' frequent visits to Japan and the steady flow of Japanese stagiaires to French restaurants in Europe and the United States encouraged a series of changes that I am calling the “Japanese turn,” which found chefs at fine-dining establishments in Los Angeles, New York City, and later the San Francisco Bay Area using an ever-widening array of Japanese ingredients, employing Japanese culinary techniques, and adding Japanese dishes to their menus. By the second decade of the twenty-first century, the wide acceptance of not only Japanese ingredients and techniques but also concepts like umami (savory tastiness) and shun (seasonality) suggest that Japanese cuisine is now well known to many American chefs.

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