Native American reservations possess a disproportionately high share of the nation’s solar and wind resources. Despite this boon, tribes have not been able to capitalize [...]

The US grows over 9 billion chickens yearly yet best production practices are heavily contested. The two central opposing parties — the National Chicken Council and Bette [...]

San Antonio, Texas, faces increasing environmental and social challenges driven by rapid population growth and worsening climate conditions. Most pressing among these cha [...]

While the majority of farms in the United States are family-owned and operated, the number of all (family and nonfamily) farms, the number of family farms, and the propor [...]

Today, iron is at the foundation of many of society’s technological systems, yet we rarely stop to consider the mines from which iron ore was extracted. Many of these min [...]

The study of the genre of urban fantasy presents a unique opportunity to study how the city is conceptualized. Most critical work, however, has focused on spatial possibi [...]

While scholars have established the architectural influence of Second Empire Paris (1852-1870) on Chicago, few have investigated how the political and economic ideologies [...]

Microplastic particles are widespread in marine sediments and the abundance of the different types of particles vary widely. In this paper we demonstrate that salt marshe [...]

Nitrates in the Upper Mississippi River continue to pose a threat to aquatic life and are associated with a growing number of human health risks including cancer, despite [...]

Small towns and rural communities face particular geographic and demographic obstacles in responding to and preparing for climate change events, particularly in their cap [...]

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) represent a pervasive group of over 15,000 chemicals characterized by their water and stain repellency, heat resistance, and ch [...]

Adverse effects of anthropogenic climate change spanning environmental, public health, and socio-political domains have motivated institutions around the globe to commit [...]

Urban expressways have long been scrutinized for their destructive impacts on the built environment, public health, and the planet. However, the specific impact of Chicag [...]

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A growing body of research demonstrates that individuals aged 65 years and older are disproportionately impacted by climate change, yet there are few policies that provid [...]

In Chicago and Los Ángeles— and just about every pre-war American city— deep socioeconomic inequality often takes the form of residential income segregation. Yet, in thes [...]

Industrial cities throughout the second half of the 19th-century experienced rapid growth leading to the development of overcrowded and unhealthy living conditions for ma [...]

Letchworth Garden City, England, and the Falkenberg Estate in Berlin, Germany are two of the most influential relics of the Garden City Movement. Both have achieved herit [...]

In 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act introduced the Opportunity Zone (OZ) program to stimulate investments in low-income tracts across the United States through capital ga [...]

This project traces the historical and aesthetic contours of the relationship between the ongoing energy transition, the growing data center industry, and the formation o [...]

Residents of Seattle, Washington, live under constant threat of natural disasters, and the risks are only increasing due to climate change. Hurricane Katrina made clear t [...]

Paris has increasingly sacrificed public open spaces in lower-income areas for social housing construction. Open spaces that remain in the city consist of traditionally m [...]

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Chicago Housing Authority demolished all of its high-rise family projects and undertook a massive redevelopment plan. The Plan for [...]

In the winter of 2020, Illinois suffered millions of dollars in coastal damage from abnormally strong waves. These waves were fueled by record high lake levels, a phenome [...]

Greenways have risen to prominence in recent decades as more cities begin to implement them into their urban planning. They increase access to green space, create a trans [...]