The Evaluation of Unincorporated Areas – Particularities and Perspectives on the Real Estate Market by Madalina Beldiman, Valentina - Mihaela Iurascu, Georgiana Ciobanu

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New Literacy Opportunities and Practices of Latino/a Children of Poverty In and Out of School by Kathy M. Bussert-Webb, Maria E. Diaz

“…This case study examines new literacy opportunities and practices of 28 Latino/a children from grades one to seven in a South Texas colonia, or unincorporated area. Data sources were 24-hour literacy logs, two rounds of interviews, and participant observations. …”
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Locations of licensed and unlicensed cannabis retailers in California: A threat to health equity? by Jennifer B. Unger, Robert O. Vos, Jasmine Siyu Wu, Kimberly Hardaway, Ada Y. Li Sarain, Daniel W. Soto, Christopher Rogers, Jane Steinberg

“…Unlicensed retailers were disproportionately located in unincorporated areas and jurisdictions that allow cannabis retailers. …”
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Parcel Management and Perceived Ecosystem Services and Disservices in the Exurbs of a Midwestern County in the United States by Amélie Yvonne Davis, Andrew Freund, Sarah Lynn Dumyahn, Ryan Mendoza, Aura Muniz Torres, Michelle Dawn Boone

“…We aimed to uncover how exurban residents in a midwestern county perceived ecosystem services and disservices provided by their property based on 26 semi-structured interviews of landowners on parcels between 1 and 20 acres with a pond in unincorporated areas. We found the ecosystem services people associated most with their land are classified as cultural services (dominated by recreation services), while the most common mentioned disservices were classified as regulating disservices. …”
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A statewide study of disparities in local policies and tobacco, vape, and cannabis retail environments by Georgiana Bostean, William R. Ponicki, Alisa A. Padon, William J. McCarthy, Jennifer B. Unger

“…The current study: (1) assesses sociodemographic disparities in local policies related to tobacco and cannabis retail, and (2) examines the cross-sectional association between policy strength and retailer densities of tobacco, e-cigarette (vape), and cannabis retailers within California cities and county unincorporated areas (N = 539). We combined (a) American Community Survey data (2019 5-year estimates), (b) 2018 tobacco, vape, and cannabis retailer locations from a commercial data provider, (c) 2017 tobacco and vape retail environment policy data from American Lung Association, and (d) 2018 cannabis policy data from California Cannabis Local Laws Database. …”
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