Equity in the Urban Built Environment

Bradley Bereitschaft is Professor of Geography at the University of Nebraska Omaha. His research focuses on the role of urban design and transportation in achieving equitable, healthy, and productive urban places.

• Equity in the urban built environment: An introduction and overviewBradley Bereitschaft1. Affordable housing, equity, and zoningMegan E. Hatch, Dustin C. Major, and Jack Yochum2. The Motor City's evolution: How the automotive industry fueled Detroit's transport inequitiesTimothy F. Welch3. Equity in neighborhood walkability: Challenges and opportunitiesBradley Bereitschaft4. Near-roadway pollution in South Central Fresno, California: Can state-led, place-based community engagement advance environmental justice?Douglas Houston, Gregg Macey, Jeannine M. Pearce, and Catherine Garoupa5. Understanding environmental and food (in)justice through community-based research: Stories from Sacramento community coalitions Leah Joyner, Gabrielle Gonzales, Si Gao, and Adrienne Cachelin 6. Green space provision and equity in the cityMagdalena Biernacka7. Public space and environmental justice in high-density citiesBo-sin Tang and Anvar Muhamedjanov 8. Addressing environmental quality inequities: The role of information and collective actionSandra Aguilar-Gomez9. Locating representational equity: Intersections between child-friendly cities and children’s roles in realizing environmental justiceVictoria Derr10. Disparities in the obesogenic built environment for children: A pilot study in East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaYutian Zeng, Senlin Chen, Amanda E. Staiano, and Fahui Wang11. Health and equity in age-friendly cities and communities: A global geographic perspectiveSarah Nelson12. On equity and designing space for the range of human abilityAnn Heylighen and Elizabeth Guffey13. Auditory ableism: Exploring auraldiversity, equity and belonging in the built environmentWilliam Renel14. Digital equity in the United States: Disparities and socioeconomic influences on internetaccess and useAvijit Sarkar and James B. Pick15. Impact of the urban built environment on public health during the COVID-19 pandemicAmit Patel16. Regenerative futures: Urban equity and climate vulnerabilityWendy Steele