Associations between vacant urban lands and public health outcomes in growing and shrinking cities.

ABSTRACT: Vacant urban land, although not officially designated as a green space, often exhibits a semi-wild natural state due to being left open to colonization by nature. Attention to the effects of vacant urban land on human health has increased due to both rising urban vacancy rates and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). However, relationships between many vacant land characteristics (such as vegetation coverage, size, duration, and location) and NCDs have not been comprehensively examined, especially comparing shrinking (depopulating) and growing (populating) cities. This study evaluates St. Louis, MO (shrinking), and Los Angeles, CA (growing) to explore these relationships using ordinary least squares (OLS) interaction analysis with a moderator approach. Results show that associations between v

SUBMITTER: Zhu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10810287 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature