Gentrification and Air Quality in a Large Urban County in the United States.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Increases in industrialization and manufacturing have led to worsening pollution in some components of air quality. In addition, gentrification is occurring in large cities throughout the world. As these socioeconomic and demographic changes occur, there have been no studies examining the association of gentrification with air quality. To investigate this association, we studied the trends of gentrification, changes in racial distribution and changes in air quality in each zip code of a large urban county over a 40-year period. Methods: We conducted a retrospective longitudinal study over 40 years in Wayne County, Michigan using socioeconomic and demographic data from the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) and air quality data from the Uni

SUBMITTER: Hutchings H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10049340 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature