Background Research has documented that housing conditions can negatively impact the health of re... more Background Research has documented that housing conditions can negatively impact the health of residents. Asthma has many known indoor environmental triggers including dust, pests, smoke and mold, as evidenced by the 25 million people in the U.S. population who have asthma. The paper describes a follow-up study involving elder adults with asthma who participated in a multifaceted home educational and environmental intervention shown to produce significant health benefits. On average the time between the end of the prior intervention study and the follow-up was 2.3 years. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether improvements in environmental conditions and health outcomes resulting from the original Older Adult Study (OAS, multifaceted educational and environmental interventions) would be maintained or decline over time for these low income seniors with asthma. Methods Health assessment included data on respiratory health outcomes included the Saint George’s Respiratory Qu...
NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2017
Finding ways to manage the waste from the expected high number of wind turbine blades in need of ... more Finding ways to manage the waste from the expected high number of wind turbine blades in need of disposal is crucial to harvest wind energy in a truly sustainable manner. Landfilling is the most cost-effective disposal method in the United States, but it imposes significant environmental impacts. Thermal, mechanical, and chemical processes allow for some energy and/or material recovery, but they also carry potential negative externalities. This article explores the main economic and environmental issues with various wind turbine blade disposal methods. We argue for the necessity of policy intervention that encourages industry to develop better technologies to make wind turbine blade disposal sustainable, both environmentally and economically. We present some of the technological initiatives being researched, such as the use of bio-derived resins and thermoplastic composites in the manufacturing process of the blades.
Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastat... more Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastating impacts on indi- viduals, communities, organizations and government. In this paper we present dynamic and stochastic programming models to assist community-based organizations in the allocation of resources to foreclosed properties for acquisition and redevelopment, taking into account uncertain market conditions that change over time. Specifically, we extend previous results in the literature to include some special case models that do not contain the restrictive assumption of dominance relationships.
The journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, Housing and Society, reached its 4... more The journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, Housing and Society, reached its 40th year of publication in 2013. This article analyzes the content of the journal over those years and the use of the journal by other authors. The majority of the articles published in Housing and Society has focused on housing issues related to elderly persons and residential satisfaction. Ten housing scholars are represented as authors in 26% of the articles. Based on Google Scholar, researchers have cited articles in Housing and Society increasingly since its inception. In addition to Housing and Society itself, the journal articles that have cited a Housing and Society article most frequently were in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and the Journal of Housing for the Elderly.
New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2006
This article offers a critique of an article by Margrit Hugentobler that proposes a multi-systems... more This article offers a critique of an article by Margrit Hugentobler that proposes a multi-systems level framework to guide sustainable development initiatives and evaluate completed projects. While praising Hugentobler's analysis of inadequacies with the United Nations' concept of sustainable development and her proposal for an integrative approach, this article raises concerns about the proposed framework's ability to equally achieve economic, environmental, and social objectives. As a better alternative, the author suggests a non-hierarchal, holistic framework. Moreover, this article contends that a sustainable development framework must include a focus on fair compensation and health and safety of workers.
ABSTRACT Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had... more ABSTRACT Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastating impacts on indi- viduals, communities, organizations and government. In this paper we present dynamic and stochastic programming models to assist community-based organizations in the allocation of resources to foreclosed properties for acquisition and redevelopment, taking into account uncertain market conditions that change over time. Specifically, we extend previous results in the literature to include some special case models that do not contain the restrictive assumption of dominance relationships.
New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2008
An important challenge that community-university partnerships face is how to maintain themselves ... more An important challenge that community-university partnerships face is how to maintain themselves in the face of changing goals, priorities, and funding. Partnerships often form as a result of some sort of "spark:" an incident, perhaps, or the identification of a shared need or common concern. Often, external funding is sought to provide the majority of resources for the establishment of a partnership and for the implementation of the partnership's action plan. Whatever external funding is obtained is typically of short duration. The funding will not continue over time. And usually the funding comes with stipulations about allowable partnership approaches; inevitably the priorities of one funder will differ from those of another. These issues of the maintenance of partnership in the face of shifting funding and priorities are ones that confront most community-university partnerships. This article examines these issues through the lens of an environmental justice partnership that has existed for nearly a decade, has undergone many changes in who is involved, and has operated with funding from many different sources, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the entities in the partnerships, while they share certain environmental objectives, are sometimes at odds on particular goals when the needs of the agencies differ. Further complicating this issue of continuity is the reality that partners, on occasion, must shift priorities after partnership goals are established. The experiences of this environmental justice partnership shed light on the kinds of struggles community-university partnerships face when they hope to avoid being undermined by the larger concerns of the funders or by the power brokers in their individual organizations. This article examines approaches that community-university partnerships might take to remain resilient in the face of changing goals, priorities and funding.
Community development corporations (CDCs) played a central role in addressing the housing crisis ... more Community development corporations (CDCs) played a central role in addressing the housing crisis of foreclosures in America’s urban neighborhoods. The success of CDCs, however, is closely tied to market forces, neighborhood characteristics, and policies at multiple levels, as well as factors internal to CDCs. What factors support or impede the success of CDCs that operate in such complex environments? We examined the experiences of two CDCs serving three small, ethnically diverse cities in Massachusetts regarding resources, policy, practices and local markets related to neighborhood revitalization. We derived lessons about the factors internal and external to these CDCs that affected their ability to acquire and redevelop foreclosed housing in the target areas they serve.
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2008
... Linda Silka, Robert Forrant, Brenda Bond, Patricia Coffey, Robin Toof, Dan Toomey, David Turc... more ... Linda Silka, Robert Forrant, Brenda Bond, Patricia Coffey, Robin Toof, Dan Toomey, David Turcotte, and Cheryl West ... Sandy Phomsopha, Ellen Proeung, Milton Robles, Senvey Sam, Chhavy Sinuon, Sreyroth Tom, Phally Ty, Jhony Valencia, Maribel Vilchis, and Narin ...
Background Research has documented that housing conditions can negatively impact the health of re... more Background Research has documented that housing conditions can negatively impact the health of residents. Asthma has many known indoor environmental triggers including dust, pests, smoke and mold, as evidenced by the 25 million people in the U.S. population who have asthma. The paper describes a follow-up study involving elder adults with asthma who participated in a multifaceted home educational and environmental intervention shown to produce significant health benefits. On average the time between the end of the prior intervention study and the follow-up was 2.3 years. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether improvements in environmental conditions and health outcomes resulting from the original Older Adult Study (OAS, multifaceted educational and environmental interventions) would be maintained or decline over time for these low income seniors with asthma. Methods Health assessment included data on respiratory health outcomes included the Saint George’s Respiratory Qu...
NEW SOLUTIONS: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2017
Finding ways to manage the waste from the expected high number of wind turbine blades in need of ... more Finding ways to manage the waste from the expected high number of wind turbine blades in need of disposal is crucial to harvest wind energy in a truly sustainable manner. Landfilling is the most cost-effective disposal method in the United States, but it imposes significant environmental impacts. Thermal, mechanical, and chemical processes allow for some energy and/or material recovery, but they also carry potential negative externalities. This article explores the main economic and environmental issues with various wind turbine blade disposal methods. We argue for the necessity of policy intervention that encourages industry to develop better technologies to make wind turbine blade disposal sustainable, both environmentally and economically. We present some of the technological initiatives being researched, such as the use of bio-derived resins and thermoplastic composites in the manufacturing process of the blades.
Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastat... more Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastating impacts on indi- viduals, communities, organizations and government. In this paper we present dynamic and stochastic programming models to assist community-based organizations in the allocation of resources to foreclosed properties for acquisition and redevelopment, taking into account uncertain market conditions that change over time. Specifically, we extend previous results in the literature to include some special case models that do not contain the restrictive assumption of dominance relationships.
The journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, Housing and Society, reached its 4... more The journal of the Housing Education and Research Association, Housing and Society, reached its 40th year of publication in 2013. This article analyzes the content of the journal over those years and the use of the journal by other authors. The majority of the articles published in Housing and Society has focused on housing issues related to elderly persons and residential satisfaction. Ten housing scholars are represented as authors in 26% of the articles. Based on Google Scholar, researchers have cited articles in Housing and Society increasingly since its inception. In addition to Housing and Society itself, the journal articles that have cited a Housing and Society article most frequently were in the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and the Journal of Housing for the Elderly.
New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2006
This article offers a critique of an article by Margrit Hugentobler that proposes a multi-systems... more This article offers a critique of an article by Margrit Hugentobler that proposes a multi-systems level framework to guide sustainable development initiatives and evaluate completed projects. While praising Hugentobler's analysis of inadequacies with the United Nations' concept of sustainable development and her proposal for an integrative approach, this article raises concerns about the proposed framework's ability to equally achieve economic, environmental, and social objectives. As a better alternative, the author suggests a non-hierarchal, holistic framework. Moreover, this article contends that a sustainable development framework must include a focus on fair compensation and health and safety of workers.
ABSTRACT Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had... more ABSTRACT Over the past three years, increased rates of mortgage foreclosures in the U.S. have had devastating impacts on indi- viduals, communities, organizations and government. In this paper we present dynamic and stochastic programming models to assist community-based organizations in the allocation of resources to foreclosed properties for acquisition and redevelopment, taking into account uncertain market conditions that change over time. Specifically, we extend previous results in the literature to include some special case models that do not contain the restrictive assumption of dominance relationships.
New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2008
An important challenge that community-university partnerships face is how to maintain themselves ... more An important challenge that community-university partnerships face is how to maintain themselves in the face of changing goals, priorities, and funding. Partnerships often form as a result of some sort of "spark:" an incident, perhaps, or the identification of a shared need or common concern. Often, external funding is sought to provide the majority of resources for the establishment of a partnership and for the implementation of the partnership's action plan. Whatever external funding is obtained is typically of short duration. The funding will not continue over time. And usually the funding comes with stipulations about allowable partnership approaches; inevitably the priorities of one funder will differ from those of another. These issues of the maintenance of partnership in the face of shifting funding and priorities are ones that confront most community-university partnerships. This article examines these issues through the lens of an environmental justice partnership that has existed for nearly a decade, has undergone many changes in who is involved, and has operated with funding from many different sources, including the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Housing and Urban Development, and the Environmental Protection Agency. In addition, the entities in the partnerships, while they share certain environmental objectives, are sometimes at odds on particular goals when the needs of the agencies differ. Further complicating this issue of continuity is the reality that partners, on occasion, must shift priorities after partnership goals are established. The experiences of this environmental justice partnership shed light on the kinds of struggles community-university partnerships face when they hope to avoid being undermined by the larger concerns of the funders or by the power brokers in their individual organizations. This article examines approaches that community-university partnerships might take to remain resilient in the face of changing goals, priorities and funding.
Community development corporations (CDCs) played a central role in addressing the housing crisis ... more Community development corporations (CDCs) played a central role in addressing the housing crisis of foreclosures in America’s urban neighborhoods. The success of CDCs, however, is closely tied to market forces, neighborhood characteristics, and policies at multiple levels, as well as factors internal to CDCs. What factors support or impede the success of CDCs that operate in such complex environments? We examined the experiences of two CDCs serving three small, ethnically diverse cities in Massachusetts regarding resources, policy, practices and local markets related to neighborhood revitalization. We derived lessons about the factors internal and external to these CDCs that affected their ability to acquire and redevelop foreclosed housing in the target areas they serve.
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 2008
... Linda Silka, Robert Forrant, Brenda Bond, Patricia Coffey, Robin Toof, Dan Toomey, David Turc... more ... Linda Silka, Robert Forrant, Brenda Bond, Patricia Coffey, Robin Toof, Dan Toomey, David Turcotte, and Cheryl West ... Sandy Phomsopha, Ellen Proeung, Milton Robles, Senvey Sam, Chhavy Sinuon, Sreyroth Tom, Phally Ty, Jhony Valencia, Maribel Vilchis, and Narin ...
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America’s urban neighborhoods. The success of CDCs, however, is closely tied to market forces, neighborhood characteristics, and policies at multiple levels, as well as factors internal to CDCs. What factors support or impede the success of CDCs that operate in such complex environments? We examined the experiences of two CDCs serving three small, ethnically diverse cities in Massachusetts regarding resources, policy, practices and local markets related to neighborhood revitalization. We derived lessons about the factors internal and external to these CDCs that affected their ability to acquire and redevelop foreclosed housing in the target areas they serve.
America’s urban neighborhoods. The success of CDCs, however, is closely tied to market forces, neighborhood characteristics, and policies at multiple levels, as well as factors internal to CDCs. What factors support or impede the success of CDCs that operate in such complex environments? We examined the experiences of two CDCs serving three small, ethnically diverse cities in Massachusetts regarding resources, policy, practices and local markets related to neighborhood revitalization. We derived lessons about the factors internal and external to these CDCs that affected their ability to acquire and redevelop foreclosed housing in the target areas they serve.