ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2013
More than just an eyesore: local insights and solutions on vacant land and urban health.
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92 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Building a Culture of Health Through the Built Environment: Impact of a Cluster Randomized Trial Remediating Vacant and Abandoned Property on Health Mindsets.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2025Trial
- Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial.JAMA internal medicine · 2023Trial
- Longitudinal effects of Youth Empowerment Solutions: Preventing youth aggression and increasing prosocial behavior.American journal of community psychology · 2022Trial
- Gender Differences in Impacts of Place-Based Neighborhood Greening Interventions on Fear of Violence Based on a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2021Trial
- Effect of Remediating Blighted Vacant Land on Shootings: A Citywide Cluster Randomized Trial.American journal of public health · 2019Trial
- Effect of Greening Vacant Land on Mental Health of Community-Dwelling Adults: A Cluster Randomized Trial.JAMA network open · 2018Trial
- Citywide cluster randomized trial to restore blighted vacant land and its effects on violence, crime, and fear.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Trial
- A Spatial Machine Learning Approach for Analyzing Population-Level Factors Associated with Emergency Department Visits with Diabetes Diagnoses.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Neighborhood Environmental Interventions and Opioid Overdose Rates.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Urban Voids and Neighborhood Health: Assessing Associations Between Vacant Land and Adverse Health Behaviors in Chicago.GeoHealth · 2026Article
- The intersection of place and health: examining the association of social determinants of health and diabetes in children and adolescents in Florida.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Census Tract Variability in COPD Emergency Department, Hospitalization, and Readmission Rates in Travis County, Texas.Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (Miami, Fla.) · 2026Article
- The spatial and contextual exposome and subtypes of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a double machine learning-based analysis.Exposome · 2026Article
- The role of vacant lots in promoting avian species diversity and occupancy in a post-industrial city.Landscape and urban planning · 2026Article
- The Association Between Vacant Lot Redevelopment and Violent/Firearm Violent Crime: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis From 2007 to 2023.American journal of public health · 2026Article
- Community-engaged crime prevention through environmental design and reductions in violent and firearm crime.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Racialized economic segregation, the built environment, and assault-related injury: Moderating role of green space and vacant housing.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- The Impact of City-Led Neighborhood Action on the Coproduction of Neighborhood Quality and Safety in Buffalo, NY.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Using Geographic Momentary Assessment to Explore Spatial Environment Influences on Wellbeing in People With HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
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Abstract
Vacant land is a significant economic problem for many cities, but also may affect the health and safety of residents. In order for community-based solutions to vacant land to be accepted by target populations, community members should be engaged in identifying local health impacts and generating solutions. We conducted 50 in-depth semi-structured interviews with people living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a city with high vacancy, about the impact of vacant land on community and individual health and safety, as well as ideas for solutions to vacant land. Participants described a neighborhood physical environment dominated by decaying abandoned homes and overgrown vacant lots which affected community well-being, physical health, and mental health. Vacant land was thought to affect community well-being by overshadowing positive aspects of the community, contributing to fractures between neighbors, attracting crime, and making residents fearful. Vacant land was described as impacting physical health through injury, the buildup of trash, and attraction of rodents, as well as mental health through anxiety and stigma. Participants had several ideas for solutions to vacant land in their community, including transformation of vacant lots into small park spaces for the elderly and playgrounds for youth, and the use of abandoned homes for subsidized housing and homeless shelters. A few participants took pride in maintaining vacant lots on their block, and others expressed interest in performing maintenance but lacked the resources to do so. Public health researchers and practitioners, and urban planners should engage local residents in the design and implementation of vacant land strategies. Furthermore, municipalities should ensure that the health and safety impact of vacant land helps drive policy decisions around vacant land.
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