Bowie Janice, Farfel Mark, Moran Heather
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 743, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
J Urban Health. 2005 Dec;82(4):532-42. doi: 10.1093/jurban/jti075. Epub 2005 Jun 15.
Reports about current residential demolition practices received from residents and plans for large-scale urban redevelopment in East Baltimore provided impetus for this study to assess community concerns and develop approaches to addressing them. This article describes the following themes regarding residents' experiences with demolition and gut rehabilitation of older housing performed as part of urban redevelopment: (1) lack of notification and awareness about protective measures; (2) concerns about environmental and safety hazards; (3) psychosocial impact from displacement, disruption in daily life, and inattention to community concerns; and (4) recommendations to improve redevelopment practices, including ideas to control neighborhood exposure to environmental hazards potentially exacerbated by residential demolition and gut rehabilitation. The findings from focus groups substantiated and deepened our understanding of earlier anecdotal reports of residents' concerns and emphasized the need for including community perceptions and ideas in addressing environmental and psychosocial issues related to urban redevelopment.
从居民那里收到的关于当前住宅拆除做法的报告以及巴尔的摩东部大规模城市重建计划，为这项评估社区关切并制定应对方法的研究提供了动力。本文描述了以下关于居民在城市重建过程中对老旧房屋进行拆除和内部改造的经历的主题：（1）缺乏关于保护措施的通知和意识；（2）对环境和安全危害的担忧；（3）因搬迁、日常生活中断以及对社区关切的忽视所产生的心理社会影响；（4）改进重建做法的建议，包括控制社区因住宅拆除和内部改造可能加剧的环境危害暴露的想法。焦点小组的研究结果证实并加深了我们对居民关切的早期传闻报告的理解，并强调在解决与城市重建相关的环境和心理社会问题时需要纳入社区看法和想法。
