Terrence D. Hill, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Miami. His research focuses on the social distribution of health and health-relevant behaviors. Michael E. McCullough, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at the University of Miami. His research is currently concentrated in three areas: forgiveness and revenge, gratitude, and religion and spirituality. Religio...

Abstract In this panel discussion, Elizabeth M. Cook (Environmental Science), Manu Karuka (American Studies), and Angela Simms (Sociology Urban Studies) discuss environmental justice, urban ecology, racism, the politics of race, stewardship how they teach about these ideas in courses their respective disciplines.

Emilio F. Moran, Sandra L. Hofferth, Catherine C. Eckel, Darrick Hamilton, Barbara Entwisle, J. Lawrence Aber, Henry E. Brady, Dalton Conley, Susan L. Cutter, Klaus Hubacek, and John T. Scholz Department of Geography, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48823; Department of Family Science and Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Department o...

Are interorganizational network ties “placeless” or “placed”? The study of organizations, particularly the study of interorganizational network ties, has reemerged in urban sociology, yet the urban literature on place and the organizations literatures on organizational network activity are not fully integrated. This article bridges these theories through an investigation of the social and spati...

This research aims to develop and demonstrate an advanced, integrated earthquake loss estimation methodology for urban lifeline systems. The methodology, which evaluates direct and indirect economic losses from lifeline failures, provides a means for assessing both expected losses from future earthquakes and potential loss reduction from mitigation alternatives. This effort builds on and coordi...

This paper proposes both a tool for indicator production and a language with spatial operators in order to narrow the border between severals expert (urban manager and scientist). In the spirit of Spatial Data Infrastructure, the aim is to promote best practices and guidelines around geosciences, not only on sharing data, as focused currently, but also on sharing spatial processing method that ...

The article examines the complex relationships among the sociological concept of socio-spatial segregation, urban poverty and health promotion, suggesting research topics that could contribute to a detailed analysis of the Brazilian social reality within the public health context, underpinning decisions on healthcare. Initially, the main aspects of the social division problems in major cities a...

In recent years, three superficially distinct urban subfields have made parallel efforts to incorporate the city’s traditional ‘outsides’ into urban research. Urban political ecology, American urban sociology and postcolonial urban studies have made, respectively, ‘nature’, the ‘rural’ and the ‘not-yet’ city the objects of self-consciously urban analyses. I argue that these interventions are an...

This research explores the correlation between ‘walkability’ and the ‘sense of place’ in Tehran’s streets, particularly streets leading to the Imam Khomeini square (Maidan-e Tup-khana) at the heart of historic downtown. The goal is to evaluate the walkability through a measurable method in order to prioritize strategies to enhance various aspects of the historic districts. After reviewing the e...

This article reviews literature on the connection between urban green space access and environmental justice. It discusses the dynamics of the relationship as it relates to factors such as environmental quality, land use, and environmental health disparities. Urban development stresses the landscape and may compromise environmental quality. Since some communities are disproportionately impacted...