Barrio Logan Case Study: Modern Environmental Injustice
Barrio Logan is a Mexican American community in San Diego in which industrial companies and residences share a space enclosed by a bay and an interstate. Ever since WWII, the Barrio Logan community has faced environmental injustice. There is a gap in Barrio Logan’s ability to self-monitor, so busine...
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| description | Barrio Logan is a Mexican American community in San Diego in which industrial companies and residences share a space enclosed by a bay and an interstate. Ever since WWII, the Barrio Logan community has faced environmental injustice. There is a gap in Barrio Logan’s ability to self-monitor, so business models were developed to bring forth citizen science projects based on data collected from government environmental studies, the nurse’s office at Barrio Logan’s Perkins K-8 School, and interviews with Perkins K-8 School’s principal and the director and staff at the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center. It was found that children in Barrio Logan are experiencing a health crisis. Homelessness, single-parent households, unemployment, gentrification, low-wage jobs, continuous diesel particulate matter exposure, and high levels of asthma can be found in Barrio Logan. There is a lack of easily accessible, community-wide health programs that address ACEs and a lack of air pollution monitoring. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dd76e0ff67f04165a57d40580f8c7d952024-12-27T14:43:13ZengMDPI AGMedical Sciences Forum2673-99922024-05-01251910.3390/msf2024025009Barrio Logan Case Study: Modern Environmental InjusticeMarco Nunez Moctezuma0Gabriela Fernandez1Big Data Analytics Program, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 98182, USABig Data Analytics Program, College of Arts and Letters, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 98182, USABarrio Logan is a Mexican American community in San Diego in which industrial companies and residences share a space enclosed by a bay and an interstate. Ever since WWII, the Barrio Logan community has faced environmental injustice. There is a gap in Barrio Logan’s ability to self-monitor, so business models were developed to bring forth citizen science projects based on data collected from government environmental studies, the nurse’s office at Barrio Logan’s Perkins K-8 School, and interviews with Perkins K-8 School’s principal and the director and staff at the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center. It was found that children in Barrio Logan are experiencing a health crisis. Homelessness, single-parent households, unemployment, gentrification, low-wage jobs, continuous diesel particulate matter exposure, and high levels of asthma can be found in Barrio Logan. There is a lack of easily accessible, community-wide health programs that address ACEs and a lack of air pollution monitoring.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-9992/25/1/9Barrio Loganenvironmental injusticeair pollutionACEsdisadvantaged communitycitizen science |
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