Pedestrian-oriented zoning (POZ) encourages mixed uses, higher density development, walkability, and multi-modal transportation and has been widely promoted as a strategy to improve physical activity. However, POZ may lead to increased housing values and neighborhood desirability, which is associated with gentrification. This presentation will provide results from dissertation research that uses a mixed-methods approach to explore the relationship between POZ adoption and gentrification in approximately 170 jurisdictions across the U.S.
Lindsey Realmuto is a Senior Program Manager for Public Health on the Science, Medicine and Public Health team at the American Medical Association and a PhD candidate in the Urban Planning and Policy department at the University of Illinois Chicago. Before starting her PhD, she was a Senior Project Director in the Center for Evaluation and Applied Research at the New York Academy of Medicine. Prior, she was a Health Program Planner in the Program on Health, Equity, and Sustainability at the San Francisco Department of Health and an Analyst at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Lindsey has a master’s in public health from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in Latin American Studies from Tulane University.