Journal article
Neighborhood Physical Disorder in New York City
Journal of maps, v 12(1)
2016
PMID: 27482283
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Abstract
Neighborhood physical disorder, or the deterioration of urban environments, is associated with negative mental and physical health outcomes. Eleven trained raters used CANVAS, a web-based system for conducting reliable virtual street audits, to collect data on nine indicators of physical disorder using Google Street View imagery of 532 block faces in New York City, New York, USA. We combined the block face indicator data into a disorder scale using item response theory; indicators ranged in severity from presence of litter, a weak indicator of disorder, to abandoned cars, a strong indicator. Using this scale, we estimated disorder at the center point of each sampled block. We then used ordinary kriging to interpolate estimates of disorder levels throughout the city. The resulting map condenses a complex estimation process into an interpretable visualization of the spatial distribution of physical disorder in New York City.
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- Title
- Neighborhood Physical Disorder in New York City
- Creators
- James W Quinn - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W 168 St 7 Floor, New York NY 10032, jq2145@columbia.eduStephen J Mooney - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.Daniel M Sheehan - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.Julien O Teitler - Columbia UniversityKathryn M Neckerman - Columbia Population Research Center, New York, NYTanya K Kaufman - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.Gina S Lovasi - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.Michael D M Bader - Department of Sociology and Center on Health, Risk and Society, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016, bader@american.eduAndrew G Rundle - Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY.
- Publication Details
- Journal of maps, v 12(1)
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Grant note
- R24 HD058486 / NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD062965 / NICHD NIH HHS T32 CA009529 / NCI NIH HHS K01 HD067390 / NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD058486 / NICHD NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000365605200006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84948572594
- Other Identifier
- 991020099618504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Geography
- Geography, Physical