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As the effects of food deserts continue throughout Chicago, the opportunities for residents in particular neighborhoods to buy quality, affordable, diverse, and fresh food in close proximity to them dwindles. This paper contends that the distinct racial and socio-economic divides in Chicago neighborhoods create low food access and disproportionate food qualities between neighborhoods. Additionally, this trend is linked to health concerns, such as obesity and diabetes. Despite these clear correlations, Chicago's government policies have failed to create effective change when it comes to these problems. Therefore, a multidimensional approach that promotes community involvement is needed to remedy food deserts and inequities in Chicago.

This research guide covers the broad topic of benefits available to military veterans by providing information on benefits covering education, health, disability compensation, employment protection and preference, taxes and lending, and housing loans. It also touches on state law and programs as well as listing secondary sources, websites, and data and statistics.--Publisher

There has not always been geographic equity in the protection of the environment and there are those who have concerns that those communities with the least have been disproportionately exposed to environmental hazard. This guide introduces users to resources containing information relevant to legal issues pertinent to the pursuit of environmental justice. Besides the routinely taught primary law, including statutes, regulations and case law, advanced research opportunities exist in the area because there are, for example: relevant executive orders; relevant legislative history for bills that have passed and those that did not; statistics underlying laws on the subject matter; and routinely proposed regulations that are open for comment available on the topic due to the inclusive goals of the environmental justice movement. Where interdisciplinary resources might be helpful to the research in this area, those will also be mentioned. In addition, select examples in each area of concentration will be listed with annotations.--Publisher

Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change in Cuba discusses how, over six decades, Cuba developed a world-leading model of disaster management and climate change adaptation. Comprised of leading scholars and policy makers in the field, this volume questions what makes Cuba's effective model so distinctive and what others can learn from it.