Publications
Insights, research and thought leadership advancing climate-resilient land use and inclusive urban planning.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Anandhi, Aavudai, Usher, Kareem, Gragg, Richard Schulterbrandt, and Jiru, Mintesinot. (2025). Urbanizing Food Systems: Exploring the Interactions of Food Dimensions for Sustainability. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems – Urban Agriculture. 9:1410324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1410324
Karetny, Jane, Hoy, Casey, Usher, Kareem M., Clark, Jill C., and Conroy, Maria M. (2022). Planning Towards Sustainable Food Systems: An assessment of local U.S. food system plans. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2022.114.008
Cleary, Patrick, Mercer, Kristin, Usher, Kareem, Wilk, Richard and Wainwright, Joel (2021). Changes in food consumption in an indigenous community in southern Belize, 1979-2019. Food, Culture and Society, 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2021.1884403
Motoyama, Yasuyuki & Usher, Kareem (2020): Redlining in the 21st Century?: Restaurant Reviews and Neighborhood Effects, Papers in Applied Geography, 6(4). DOI: 10.1080/23754931.2020.1791942
Gragg, Richard Schulterbrandt, Anandhi, Aavudai, Jiru, Mintesinot and Usher, Kareem M. (2018). A Conceptualization of the Urban Food-Energy-Water Nexus Sustainability Paradigm: Modeling from Theory to Practice. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6(133). DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00133.
Usher, Kareem M. (2015). Valuing all knowledges through an expanded definition of access. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and CommunityDevelopment, 5(4). 109-114. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2015.054.018
Sweeney, Glennon, Rogers, Christy, Hoy, Casey, Clark, Jill K., Usher, Kareem, Holley, Kip, & Spees, Colleen. (2015). Alternative agrifood projects incommunities of color: A civic engagement perspective. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 5(4) 69-75. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2015.054.005
Kaiser, Michelle L., Usher, Kareem, & Spees, Colleen. (2015). Community food security strategies: An exploratory study of their potential for foodinsecure households with children. Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk, 6(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.58464/2155-5834.1272
Gragg, Richard S., Mitchell, M. Miaisha, Usher, Kareem M., Schensul, Stephen, & Schensul, Jean. (2015). Collaboration of Community andUniversity Scholars: Training in the transformation of research for community development. Practicing Anthropology, 37(4), 44-48.
Aurand, Andrew, Miles, Rebecca, & Usher, Kareem. (2014). Local Environment of Neighborhood Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities(NORC) in a Mid-Sized U.S. City. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 28(2), 133-164.
Gilderbloom, J. I., Ye, L., Hanka, M. J., & Usher, K. M. (2009). Intercity Rent Differentials in the U.S. Housing Market 2000: Understanding Rent Variations as a Sociological Phenomenon. Journal of Urban Affairs, 31(4), 409–430. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9906.2009.00451.x
Usher, Kareem M. (2007). Natural Hazard Mitigation Strategies In The Continental Caribbean: The case of Belize. Etudes Caribeennes. https://doi.org/10.4000/etudescaribeennes.324
Reports and Commentaries
Usher, Kareem and Anandhi, Aavudai. (April, 2019). Green-space for Healthy Living and Stormwater Management: A Study Abroad and Challenge Approach. Teaching Tips. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture. https://nactaarchives.org/images/TeachingTips/Summer_2019/3_Green-Space_for_Healthy_Living_and_Stormwater_Management.pdf
Usher, Kareem M. and Reece, Jason. (April, 2017). The Uneven Access to Healthy Food in FranklinCounty, Ohio and its disparate Impacts on the Health of low-income African Americans. ColumbusAfrican American News Journal. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343749684_The_Uneven_Access_to_Healthy_Food_in_Franklin_County_Ohio_and_its_disparate_Impacts_on_the_Health_of_low-income_African_Americans
Olinger, Jillian, Reece, Jason, & Usher, Kareem. (March, 2015). Anchoring Equitable Development:Anchor Institute-Led Models of Housing and Community Development to Strengthen Institutionsand Communities. A Case Study Report prepared for the Jesse Ball DuPont Fund.
Online newspaper article. (July, 2017). How urban agriculture swept through Greater Cleveland. Cleveland.com. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/07/urban_farms_proliferate_in_cle.html.
