Trauma deserts: distance from a trauma center, transport times, and mortality from gunshot wounds in Chicago

M Crandall, D Sharp, E Unger…�- …�journal of public�…, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… Relative “trauma deserts” with decreased access to immediate care were found in certain
areas of Chicago and adversely affected mortality from GSWs. These results may inform …

“Banking deserts,” bank branch losses, and neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics in the City of Chicago: A spatial and statistical analysis

SW Hegerty�- The Professional Geographer, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
deserts for the city of Chicago in 2018. As the third-largest city in the United States, and
arguably the most segregated large city in the country, Chicago is … identifies such deserts at the …

'Pharmacy deserts' are prevalent in Chicago's predominantly minority communities, raising medication access concerns

DM Qato, ML Daviglus, J Wilder, T Lee, D Qato…�- Health�…, 2014 - healthaffairs.org
… Our analyses indicate that 39 percent of Medically Underserved Areas in Chicago are
pharmacy deserts, and within those areas there are disproportionately more deserts in segregated …

Thinking Outside the Bun: How Chicago Can Combat Food Deserts and Obesity Through Public Health Policies and the Law

CR Edwards Jr�- DePaul J. Soc. Just., 2015 - HeinOnline
… In spite of these efforts, food deserts continue to plague Chicago and it is clear that private
corporations cannot eradicate food deserts on their own. The private sector and the public …

[HTML][HTML] Transit deserts: The gap between demand and supply

J Jiao, M Dillivan�- Journal of Public Transportation, 2013 - Elsevier
… The concept of “transit deserts” introduced in … deserts in the city of Chicago, which is
well-served by high levels of transportation services (Figure 2). There are instances of transit deserts

[HTML][HTML] Peer Reviewed: Feasibility and Acceptability of Internet Grocery Service in an Urban Food Desert, Chicago, 2011-2012

BM Appelhans, EB Lynch, MA Martin…�- Preventing chronic�…, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We explored the feasibility and acceptability of an Internet grocery service (IGS) as an approach
to improving food access in urban neighborhoods. In our pilot study, caregivers residing …

Urban stream deserts: Mapping a legacy of urbanization in the United States

JA Napieralski, T Carvalhaes�- Applied Geography, 2016 - Elsevier
… Surface Coverage (ISC) from the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD), and National
Hydrography Dataset (NHD) flowlines, allowed the delineation of urban stream deserts (…

How to identify food deserts: measuring physical and economic access to supermarkets in King County, Washington

J Jiao, AV Moudon, J Ulmer…�- …�journal of public�…, 2012 - ajph.aphapublications.org
… approach to measuring food deserts and to refine measures of access to supermarkets. In
addition to income, we used 2 access criteria to determine food deserts at the census block …

The biological deserts fallacy: cities in their landscapes contribute more than we think to regional biodiversity

EN Spotswood, EE Beller, R Grossinger, JL Grenier…�- Bioscience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

From food deserts to just deserts: expanding urban agriculture in US cities through sustainable policy

TZ Pawlowski�- Journal of Affordable Housing & Community�…, 2018 - JSTOR
Chicago As one of the largest cities in the country, Chicago is also one of the most … Given
its disparate urban economic climate, Chicago has been attempting to address its food desert