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Carlos E. Restrepo gave a talk titled Infrastructure and Environmental Health Risks in the South Bronx: A Review of the South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study at Solar One. The presentation included general information about the study, and focused on some of the recent Geographic Information Systems (GIS) work related to proximity of public schools to major highways in urban areas carried out by Carlos E. Restrepo, Zvia Segal Naphtali and Rae Zimmerman. April 5, 2007 Rae Zimmerman, Zvia Segal Naphtali and Carlos E. Restrepo presented some of the findings of the South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study to the Environmental Law Committee of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Before the presentation they recorded an interview where they discussed environmental quality issues in the South Bronx and their research. The interview is now available as a podcast here: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York October 16, 2006 Press Event Update of Findings: On October 16, 2006 a Press Event was held by Congressman José E. Serrano's office to provide an update on the findings of the study. The findings presented by the ICIS/Wagner-NYU portion of the study centered on an analysis of proximity of public schools to environmental health hazards such as highways, truck routes and industrial land use areas. A summary of findings titled Land Use, Transportation and Industrial Facilities: GIS to Support Improved Land Use Initiatives and Policies, the South Bronx, NYC was distributed at the event. The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/29/nyregion/29asthma.html
WNBC:
http://www.wnbc.com/news/10090863/detail.html# Washington Square News: http://www.nyunews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/10/27/45417edbe2469 NY1: http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=63856
Join us on November 12, 2005 and listen to medical practitioners, scientists, policy makers, and environmental advocates discuss practical solutions on how to make the South Bronx a better place to live – and breathe. Free food, entertainment and prizes all day! The South Bronx Environmental Health and Policy Study is funded with
an appropriation sponsored by Congressman José E. Serrano and
is administered by the EPA. Project partners are New York University,
The Point CDC, Sports Foundation, Inc., We Stay / Nos Quedamos, Inc.,
and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice. The forum is presented by
The Sports Foundation, Inc.
The South Bronx is a low-income, minority community in New York City.
The South Bronx's asthma rates, among the highest in the country, is
considered by residents to be one of the most pressing health issues
in the community. The main goal of the South Bronx Environmental Health
and Policy Study is to study environmental and health issues affecting
this community, with particular emphasis on the relationships between
air quality, transportation, waste transfer activity, demographic characteristics,
and public health. It is a collaborative research project that involves
the NYU School of Medicine’s Nelson Institute of Environmental
Medicine (NIEM), the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service’s
Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems (ICIS), and four community
groups: The Point Community Development Corporation, We Stay/Nos Quedamos,
Sports Foundation Inc., and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice Inc. The members of the current NYU Wagner/ICIS group are:
Former members of the NYU Wagner ICIS group:
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