Redlining, Community Wealth, and Air Pollution: A Tale of Three Cities-Boston, Nashville, and Detroit - PubMed
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- Despite improvements in US air quality since the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, disparities in air pollution persist between communities.
- The study examines the long-term effects of historical redlining on air pollution (PM2.5 and NO2) in Boston, Nashville, and Detroit from 2000 to 2016.
- Historically redlined areas continue to have higher proportions of Black residents, higher poverty rates, lower income and home values, and higher social vulnerability indices (SVI).
- Air pollution levels declined overall, but disparities in NO2 exposure persisted in Boston and widened in Nashville, while Detroit showed similar pollution levels across all areas by 2016.
- The findings highlight the lasting social, economic, and environmental impacts of discriminatory urban practices like redlining.