Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis

Nadybal, Shawna; Collins, Timothy W.; Grineski, Sara E.

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2020.109959

Cited by 50 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 93 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…35 Third, they are the most vulnerable habitats due to the consequences of structurally racist planning outcomes; climate inadequate city infrastructure, dilapidated transport systems, environmental pollutants, low biodiversity, and inadequate housing. 19,[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44] The city of London in the U.K. was chosen due to accessible open source data, which facilitate the ability to analyse the distribution of environmental pollutants, inequities, and census data. This type of approach allows for a systemic view of public health, specifically how the places we live play a role in long term health outcomes.…”

Section: Ecological Approach and Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using an Ecological and Biological Framing for an Anti-racist Covid-19 Approach

Camargo¹,

Hossain

Aliko

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In the United States and the United Kingdom COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people respectively. Multiple studies identify environmental factors such as overcrowded housing and poor workplace conditions as contributing factors for the disproportionate COVID-19 rates amongst BAME and BIPOC communities. This paper will show that to fully understand the phenomenon, both an ecological and biological approach is needed. An ecological approach highlights how a person’s habitat and the experiences within it mediate their susceptibility to disease. Moreover, to understand how this mediation works, this paper will use allostatic load as a biological pathway to link a person to their habitat and the poor health outcomes that contributed to COVID-19 susceptibility. In introducing this new approach, the paper will serve as an anti-racist framework for understanding how COVID-19 affected BAME and BIPOC communities. It is anti-racist by centring poor health outcomes on the habitats people are forced to live in due to structural racism rather than the physiology of a person’s race or ethnicity. This is important in order to avoid similar crises in the future and to improve the health of marginalised communities.

show abstract

Section: Ecological Approach and Citiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using an Ecological and Biological Framing for an Anti-racist Covid-19 Approach

Camargo¹,

Hossain

Aliko

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Socioeconomic covariates included nightlight level (NLL) and average education year. NLL is a comprehensive proxy of urbanization, population density, GDP and economic activities, which has been wildly applied in related health concerns (Nadybal et al, 2020;Wu et al, 2020). In this study, NLL layers with a spatial resolution of 1 km were downloaded from the Data Center for Resources and Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RESDC) (http://www.resdc.cn).…”

Section: Covariatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The lag effect of exposure to PM2.5 on esophageal cancer in urban-rural areas across China

Peng

Guo

Jing

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Long-term exposure to PM2.5 pollution is a significant health concern and increases risks for cancers in China. However, the studies regarding the effect of PM2.5 and esophageal cancer incidence (ECI) among urban-rural areas are limited. In this study, we examined the sex-and areaspecific association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and ECI, as well as explored the corresponding lag effects on ECI using a geographical weighted Poisson regression. We found that each 10 ug/m 3 PM2.5 caused ECI risk increases of 1.22% (95% CI: 1.09%, 1.36%) and 1.90% (95% CI: 1.66%, 2.14%) for males and females after covariates controlled, respectively, during the study period. Moreover, the higher 0.17% and 0.64% incidence risks for males and females in rural areas than urban areas, as well as a larger lag period in rural areas, respectively. In addition, higher risks for both sexes appeared in north, northwestern, and east China. The findings indicated that long-term exposure to PM2.5 was significantly associated with increased risks for ECI, which reinforce a comprehensive understanding for ECI related to PM2.5.

show abstract

“…These three requirements are science-informed ones, but they are essentially political issues. They reflect the tension between conflicting interests and needs [36][37][38][39][40][41] and should be addressed with the democratic participation of stakeholders, as a relevant aspect of community management and spatial planning.…”

Section: Long-term Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

A linear systems approach to protect the night sky: implications for current and future regulations

Falchi

Bará

2020

R. Soc. open sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The persistent increase of artificial light emissions is causing a progressive brightening of the night sky in most regions of the world. This process is a threat for the long-term sustainability of the scientific and educational activity of ground-based astronomical observatories operating in the optical range. Huge investments in building, scientific and technical workforce, equipment and maintenance can be at risk if the increasing light pollution levels hinder the capability of carrying out the top-level scientific observations for which these key scientific infrastructures were built. Light pollution has other negative consequences, as e.g. biodiversity endangering and the loss of the starry sky for recreational, touristic and preservation of cultural heritage. The traditional light pollution mitigation approach is based on imposing conditions on the photometry of individual sources, but the aggregated effects of all sources in the territory surrounding the observatories are seldom addressed in the regulations. We propose that this approach shall be complemented with a top-down, ambient artificial skyglow immission limits strategy, whereby clear limits are established to the admissible deterioration of the night sky above the observatories. We describe the general form of the indicators that can be employed to this end, and develop linear models relating their values to the artificial emissions across the territory. This approach can be easily applied to other protection needs, like e.g. to protect nocturnal ecosystems, and it is expected to be useful for making informed decisions on public lighting, in the context of wider spatial planning projects.

show abstract

Light pollution inequities in the continental United States: A distributive environmental justice analysis

Cited by 50 publications

References 93 publications

Using an Ecological and Biological Framing for an Anti-racist Covid-19 Approach

Using an Ecological and Biological Framing for an Anti-racist Covid-19 Approach

The lag effect of exposure to PM2.5 on esophageal cancer in urban-rural areas across China

A linear systems approach to protect the night sky: implications for current and future regulations

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About