Beyond redlining: Gentrification, displacement, disadvantages, and exclusivity predict urban environmental and health inequities
Idowu Ajibade, Kevan B. Moffett, Jason Maxfield, Kate Gregory, Axcelle Bell, Jackson Voelkel, Todd Rosenstiel, Aaron R. Ramirez · 2026
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Idowu Ajibade and seven co-authors studied how area change in Portland, Oregon connects with gaps in environment and health today. They built four area types from census data: places that stayed exclusive, places stuck in hardship, recently gentrified areas, and areas receiving displaced residents. These were compared with the old federal redlining zones and with 104 measures of environment, hazards, and health.
The old zones predicted today's exclusive core but missed injustice elsewhere. Exclusive areas had more tree canopy and better health care, though more dirty air. Gentrified areas gained transit and resources yet suffered worse heat and dirty air. Newly receiving areas were greener but thin on services, with weak health outcomes. Areas in lasting hardship, often never redlined, faced the harshest mix of hazards and poor health.
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| CREATOR | Idowu Ajibade, Kevan B. Moffett, Jason Maxfield, Kate Gregory, Axcelle Bell, Jackson Voelkel, Todd Rosenstiel, Aaron R. Ramirez |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |