Using Land Policy to Improve Population Health

We examine whether zoning can increase health equity and population health by assessing a new zoning ordinance in the City of Baltimore that forced 76 liquor stores in residential areas to relocate, close, or convert to an approved use. To do so, we undertake a baseline assessment of neighborhoods w...

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Published in:Journal of urban health 2020-12, Vol.97 (6), p.887-898
Main Authors: Stacy, Christina, Meixell, Brady, Lowy, Jacob, Thornton, Rachel L. J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Alcoholic Beverages - statistics & numerical data
Baltimore
Commerce - statistics & numerical data
Crime
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Epidemiology
Health Equity
Health Informatics
Humans
Liquor laws & regulations
Liquor stores
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neighborhoods
Poisson Distribution
Policy
Poverty
Poverty Areas
Public Health
Residence Characteristics - statistics & numerical data
Residential areas
Spatial Analysis
Statistical analysis
Urban Health
Violence
Zoning
Zoning ordinances
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Summary:We examine whether zoning can increase health equity and population health by assessing a new zoning ordinance in the City of Baltimore that forced 76 liquor stores in residential areas to relocate, close, or convert to an approved use. To do so, we undertake a baseline assessment of neighborhoods with affected liquor stores, and predict the potential impact of the zoning change by estimating the impact of previous closures and openings of liquor stores on neighborhood crime in Baltimore using a spatial Poisson random trend fixed effects model. We find that affected stores are concentrated in high poverty, majority black neighborhoods with high vacancy rates, and that liquor store closings are associated with a statistically significant reduction in violent crime on the block group in question with no negative spillover affects onto the nearby block groups.
ISSN:1099-3460
1468-2869
DOI:10.1007/s11524-020-00466-2