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Beyond the Sidewalk: Pedestrian Risk and Material Mismatch in the American Suburbs

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  • Mike Owen Benediktsson

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American suburbs designed in the twentieth century to house a growing middle class are experiencing escalating poverty. Utilizing a mixed-method social epidemiology, this study finds high pedestrian risk in these communities, where a high poverty rate coincides with high levels of suburban sprawl. In declining suburbs, those without access to an automobile navigate a landscape centered upon the private automobile. Suggesting the term ‘material mismatch’ to describe cases where the configuration of the built environment is incongruent with the needs of a growing population of residents, the study makes a contribution to mobility studies, environmental justice research, and urban sociology.

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  • Mike Owen Benediktsson, 2017. "Beyond the Sidewalk: Pedestrian Risk and Material Mismatch in the American Suburbs," Mobilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 76-96, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rmobxx:v:12:y:2017:i:1:p:76-96
    DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2015.1019748
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    1. Susan Spierre Clark & Monica Lynn Miles, 2021. "Assessing the Integration of Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Practice: A Review of the Literature," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-23, October.

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