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Annotated Bibliography

Li, Xijing, et al. "Examine the Environmental Inequity Impact of Urban Heat Mitigation on

Redlining Legacy: Case Study of Charlotte's Retrofitting, 2001–2020." Frontiers in

Environmental Science, 2023. ProQuest Central Student; Publicly Available Content

Database, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1218819.

A case study of environmental inequality in Charlotte where researchers have

been trying to find ways to mitigate heat in American cities but have run into

barriers created by some urban design. They found that heat mitigation is harder

to accomplish in areas that have a history of being redlined, and that high

temperatures disproportionally affect the people living in these areas. This study

goes into issues that arise with climate adaptation in these areas, and the

inequalities that are still faced even after climate mitigation efforts have been

made. It was more than likely that the intersection of global warming and

redlining would intersect in my research, but as a case study provides more

insight to how and what these consequences are.

Shaker, Yasamin, et al. "Redlining, Racism and Food Access in US Urban Cores." Agriculture

and Human Values, vol. 40, no. 1, 2023, pp. 101-12. ProQuest Central Student,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-022-10340-3.

The researchers that wrote this article state that redlining is directly related to

food deserts in urban areas across the country, disproportionately affecting people

of color and low-income households. Along with finding that people living in

redlined areas are less likely to have access to a car and live farther from grocery
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stores, along with food insecurity being higher among the elderly and disabled.

This passage contains many visuals showing the results of the writers' research, in

the form of graphs and a map of several US metro areas and contains a plethora of

statistics that will come in handy for writing my essay.

Taylor, Nandi L., MPH, et al. "Structural Racism and Pedestrian Safety: Measuring the

Association Between Historical Redlining and Contemporary Pedestrian Fatalities Across

the United States, 2010–2019." American Journal of Public Health, vol. 113, no. 4, 2023,

pp. 420-28. eLibrary; ProQuest Central Student,

https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307192.

A group of researchers belonging to the American Public Health Association

conducted a study to find if there are any correlations between areas that have

been affected by readlining and the percentage of pedestrian deaths, Black

Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of these fatalities. Their

findings confirmed that there is in fact a direct link between the two, with these

areas having lower levels in income and face other health disparities as well. The

article goes into the history of redlining created as a way to enforce structural

racism, and while focusing on pedestrian deaths, discusses other common health

risks that exist as a result of this type of urban planning. Therefore this source has

high credibility and relation to my topic.