A5020479661- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Housing Market and Economics
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Policy Transfer and Learning
University of California, Los Angeles
2022-2024
University of Southern California
2015-2018
Policies to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can yield public health benefits also of hazardous co-pollutants, such as air toxics and particulate matter. Socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are typically disproportionately exposed pollutants, therefore policy could potentially reduce these environmental inequities. We sought explore potential social disparities in GHG co-pollutant under an existing carbon trading program-the dominant approach...
Finding safe and high-quality child care is critical to working parents. However, research suggests that formal care—both family center-based care—is in short supply the U.S. We hypothesize compared urban neighborhoods, access will be lower outlying suburban neighborhoods with newer less developed social infrastructure. Applying 2SFCA method, we predict variation of relative demand—a measure access—across California vary by geography as well sociodemographic employment characteristics....
The growing affordable housing crisis in high-cost metropolitan areas may force households to seek lower cost the outer reaches of contributing recent increase commute distance. To explore this assertion, we test relationship between availability relative jobs and distance two diverse statistical Southern California: Los Angeles-Orange (higher cost, coastal, older, more urban) Riverside-San Bernardino (lower inland, newer, suburban). A worse “fit” number low-wage rentals is associated with...
Child care travel is differentiated by sex: who makes such trips shapes the mode and distance to child in relation home and, for working parents, jobs. To better understand relationship between sex travel, we analyze California while controlling a variety of demographic socio-economic factors. We find women are responsible over 70% all trips. Though most taken automobile, more likely walk kids centers than men. also that households choose closer workplaces.