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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Zoning in the United States :
 * Article Evaluation: I feel as though this article covers a large amount of information, especially historical context and progression which is very strong. However, I think it is missing some information about outcomes from zoning laws such as red lining and gentrification in many US cities. I think this information would be beneficial for this article because it emphasizes how zoning laws affect the current state of the country. :
 * Sources
 * McGrew, Teron. “The History of Residential Segregation in the United States, Title VIII, and the Homeownership Remedy.” The American journal of economics and sociology 77, no. 3/4 (2018): 1013–1048. :

Option 2

 * Article title: Gentrification in the United States :
 * Article Evaluation: This article also has a lot of information in it, and gives many examples of gentrification in the US by providing specific cities that are highly affected. As I researched about zoning laws I found that they had a strong impact on gentrification and should have a stronger presence in this article because it gives more information as to how gentrification started. I believe that this would provide more context to the topic. :
 * Sources
 * Dunn, Kyle. “Whiteness, Contact, Gentrification, and Critical Diversity: A New Racial Ideology of Gentrifying Whites?” Social and personality psychology compass 18, no. 1 (2024).:

Option 3

 * Article title: Redlining :
 * Article Evaluation: Similar to the article above about gentrification, this article had an abundance of good information but lacks some information. I believe that this article could benefit from a subsection about how zoning laws impacted and enforced redlining practices. :
 * Sources
 * Li, Min. "Historical redlining and food environments: A study of 102 urban areas in the United States" Health & Place, Vol. 75 (2022). :

Option 4

 * Article title: Urban Planning in the United States :
 * Article Evaluation: This article is a lot shorter than the others that I have evaluated which makes it stand out to me because that shows that it is lacking a layer of information that the other articles have. This article briefly talks about the history of urban planning and where it is at today, however, this article could benefit from some information on the impacts of urban planning on minority groups. :
 * Sources
 * Urban Research - Urban Planning; Reports on Urban Planning Findings from University of Southern California Provide New Insights (It’s Not Just Welfare: Racial Inequality and the Local Provision of Public Goods in the United States). Politics & Government Week . Atlanta: NewsRx, 2018. :

Option 5

 * Article title: Racial Inequality in the United States :
 * Article Evaluation: This article was highly successful in its information, however, in regards to what I have been researching I believe that it would benefit from information from my research. This topic of racial inequality is super important and due to my knowledge in the topic of how zoning laws create or perpetuate racial inequalities in urban planning in the US, I believe that there should be a section in this article about it. This would enhance the importance of this topic in current times, as well as offer a layer of historical information. :
 * Sources
 * Whittemore, Andrew H. “Exclusionary Zoning: Origins, Open Suburbs, and Contemporary Debates.” Journal of the American Planning Association 87, no. 2 (2021): 167–180.
 * McGrew, Teron. “The History of Residential Segregation in the United States, Title VIII, and the Homeownership Remedy.” The American journal of economics and sociology 77, no. 3/4 (2018): 1013–1048. :
 * McGrew, Teron. “The History of Residential Segregation in the United States, Title VIII, and the Homeownership Remedy.” The American journal of economics and sociology 77, no. 3/4 (2018): 1013–1048. :