Articles, Book Chapters, and Books | Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab

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Books and Monographs

Raja, Samina., Marcia. Caton Campbell, Alexandra. Judelsohn, Branden. Born, and Alfonso. Morales, eds. 2024. Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States : Future Directions for a New Ethic in City Building. 1st ed. 2024. Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7.
Raja, Samina, Erin. Sweeney, Yeeli. Mui, and Emmanuel. Frimpong Boamah. 2021. Local government planning for community food systems – Opportunity, innovation and equity in low- and middle-income countries. https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3136en
World Health Organization. 2018. WHO Housing and Health Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. [Role: Member, Guideline Development Group] WHO/CED/PHE/18.10
The National Academies Committee on Health Impact Assessment. 2011. Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment. The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. [Committee members and authors: D. Bear, R. Bhatia, S. Cantor, B. Cave, A. Diez Roux, C. Dora, J. Fielding, J Graff Zivin, Richard Jackson (Chair), J. Levy, J. Quint, S. Raja, A. Schulz, and A. Wernham.] https://doi.org/10.17226/13229.
Raja, Samina, Branden Born, and Jessica Kozlowski Russell. 2008. A Planners’ Guide to Community and Regional Food Planning: Transforming Food Environments, Building Healthy Communities. Planning Advisory Service (PAS) Series, No. 554. Chicago, Illinois: American Planning Association. 112 p. https://www.planning.org/publications/report/9026878/

Journal Articles

Judelsohn, A., Lemke, M., Hna, N., Raja, S., Scates, J., & Agbemenu, K. (2024). Co-Constructing Knowledge and Space with Refugee Communities: Lessons from the Western New York Refugee Health Summit. Social Sciences, 13(8), 390. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13080390
Headrick, G., Abdul, K., Guru, S., DeHonney, A., Moran, A. J., Surkan, P. J., Raja, S., & Mui, Y. (2024). “We Want to Eat and be Healthy just like Everybody Else:” How Social Infrastructures Affect Nutrition Equity in a Racialized Urban Community in the United States. Current developments in nutrition, 8(3), 102106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102106
Frimpong Boamah, E., Yin, F., Korosh, Z., Raja, S., Mui, Y., Bohm, M., DeHonney, A., Williams, R., & Ramos-Gerena, C. (2024). Mapping the invisible: Bridging and trusting networks in sustaining the urban food system. Cities, 146, 104750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104750
Raja, Samina. (2023). Flooded by Bad Ideas: How Acontextual Planning Imperils Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. Invited article for Wrestling with Context (editors Neema Kudva and John Forester), Planning Theory and Practice, 17-21. DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2023.2256185
Leone, L. A., Kasprzak, C., Lally, A., Haynes-Maslow, L., Vermont, L. N., Horrigan-Maurer, C., Tumiel-Berhalter, L., Ammerman, A., & Raja, S. (2023). A Novel Process to Recruit and Select Community Partners for a Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Study. Progress in community health partnerships: research, education, and action, 17(1), 159–171. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2023.0021
Brinkley, C., Raj, S., & Raja, S. (2023). Planning for FEWsheds: The Role of Planning in Integrating and Strengthening Food, Energy and Water Systems. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(1), 33-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122221093387
Raja, S., Parvaiz, A., Sanders, L., Judelsohn, A., Guru, S., Bhan, M., Osuri, G., Tak, M. Mui, Y., & Frimpong Boamah, E. (2022). Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of the American Planning Association, 89(2), 183–195. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2022.207237
Mui, Y., Headrick, G., Raja, S., Palmer, A., Ehsani, J., & Pollack, K. P. (2022). Acquisition, mobility and food insecurity: Integrated food systems opportunities across urbanicity levels highlighted by COVID-19. Public Health Nutrition, 25(1), 114-118. doi:10.1017/S1368980021002755
Kasprzak, C. M., Lally, A. E., Schoonover, J. J., Gallicchio, D., Haynes-Maslow, L., Vermont, L. N., Ammerman, A. S., Raja, S., Tumiel-Berhalter, L., Tirabassi, J. N., & Leone, L. A. (2022). Operational challenges that may affect implementation of evidence-based mobile market interventions. BMC Public Health, 22(1), 776–776. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13207-8
Vermont, L. N., Kasprzak, C., Lally, A., Claudio, A., Tumiel-Berhalter, L., Haynes-Maslow, L., Ammerman, A., Raja, S., & Leone, L. A. (2022). A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Research-Tested Mobile Produce Market Model Designed to Improve Diet in Under-Resourced Communities: Rationale and Design for the Veggie Van Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(16), 9832–. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169832
Leone, L., Haynes-Maslow, L., Kasprzak, C., Raja, S., & Epstein, L. H. (2021). The WIC Shopping Experience: A Qualitative Study Examining Retail-based Strategies to Increase WIC Retention and Redemption Rates. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 17(4), 460–474. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2021.1915906
Kasprzak, C., Schoonover, J., Gallicchio, D., Haynes-Maslow, L., Vermont, L., Ammerman, A., Raja, S., Tumiel-Berhalter, L., & Leone, L. (2021). “Using common practices to establish a framework for mobile produce markets in the United States.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 10(4), 73–84. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2021.104.029
Mui, Y., Khojasteh, M., Judelsohn, A., Sirwatka, A., Kelly, S., Gooch, P., & Raja, S. (2021). Planning for Regional Food Equity. Journal of the American Planning Association, 87(3), 354–369. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1845781
Clark, J. K., Conley, B., & Raja, S. (2021). Essential, fragile, and invisible community food infrastructure: The role of urban governments in the United States. Food Policy, 103, 102014. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.102014
Frimpong Boamah, E., Sumberg, J., & Raja, S. (2020). Farming within a dual legal land system: An argument for emancipatory food systems planning in Accra, Ghana. Land Use Policy, 92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104391
Judelsohn, A., Orom, H., Leon, D., & Raja, S. (2020). Refuge in new food environments? The role of urban planning in facilitating food equity for new Americans. Journal of Urban Affairs, 43(6), 872–889. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2019.1705845
Raja S. (2020). Planning and pandemics COVID 19 illuminates why urban planners should have listened to food advocates all along. Agriculture and human values, 37(3), 553–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10090-0
Biehl, E., Buzogany, S., Baja, K., & Neff, R. A. (2018). Planning for a Resilient Urban Food System: A Case Study from Baltimore City, Maryland. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 39–53. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.008
Freudenberg, N., Willingham, C., & Cohen, N. (2018). The Role of Metrics in Food Policy: Lessons from a Decade of Experience in New York City. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 191–209. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.009
Gilbert, J. L., Schindel, A. E., & Robert, S. A. (2018). Just Transitions in a Public School Food System: The Case of Buffalo, New York. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 95–113. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.011
Gold, A., & Harden, N. (2018). Navigating Borders: The Evolution of the Cass Clay Food Partners. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.010
Gupta, C., Campbell, D., Munden-Dixon, K., Sowerwine, J., Capps, S., Feenstra, G., & Van Soelen Kim, J. (2018). Food Policy Councils and Local Governments: Creating Effective Collaboration for Food Systems Change. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 11–28. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.006
Haines, A. L. (2018). What Does Zoning Have to Do with Local Food Systems?. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 175–190. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.007
Lavallée-Picard, V. (2018). Growing in the City: Expanding Opportunities for Urban Food Production in Victoria, Canada. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 157–173. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.005
Mui, Y., Khojasteh, M., Hodgson, K., & Raja, S. (2018). Rejoining the Planning and Public Health Fields: Leveraging Comprehensive Plans to Strengthen Food Systems in an Urban versus Rural Jurisdiction. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 73–93. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.004
Mulligan, K., Archbold, J., Baker, L. E., Elton, S., & Cole, D. C. (2018). Toronto Municipal Staff and Policy-makers’ Views on Urban Agriculture and Health: A Qualitative Study. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 133–156. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.001
Otten, J. J., Diedrich, S., Getts, K., & Benson, C. (2018). Commercial and Anti-Hunger Sector Views on Local Government Strategies for Helping to Manage Food Waste. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 55–72. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.002
Raja, S., Clark, J. K., Freedgood, J., & Hodgson, K. (2018). IN THIS ISSUE: Reflexive and Inclusive: Reimagining Local Government Engagement in Food Systems. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.013
Reece, J. (2018). Seeking Food Justice and a Just City through Local Action in Food Systems: Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformation. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 211–215. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.012
Robert, N., & Mullinix, K. (2018). Municipal Policy Enabling Regional Food Systems in British Columbia, Canada: Assessing Focal Areas and Gaps. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(B), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2018.08B.003
Brinkley, C., Raj, S., & Horst, M. (2017). Culturing Food Deserts: Recognizing the Power of Community-Based Solutions. Built Environment, 43(3), 328-342. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.43.3.328
Clark, J.K., Marquis, C., & Raja, S. (2017). The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide. In: Knezevic, I., Blay-Palmer, A., Levkoe, C., Mount, P., Nelson, E. (eds) Nourishing Communities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6_8
Clark, J. K., Freedgood, J., Irish, A., Hodgson, K., & Raja, S. (2017). Fail to Include, Plan to Exclude: Reflections on Local Governments’ Readiness for Building Equitable Community Food Systems. Built Environment, 43(3), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.43.3.315
Judelsohn, A., Orom, H., Kim, I., Na Sa, A. B., Khan, H., Devito, R., Diaz Del Carpio, R. O., & Raja, S. (2017). Planning the City of Good (and New) Neighbours: Refugees’ Experiences of the Food Environment in Buffalo, New York. Built Environment, 43(3), 402-416. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.43.3.402
Raja, S., Morgan, K., & Hall, E. (2017). Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems. Built Environment (1978-), 43(3), 309–314. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45173773
Raja, S., Raj, S., & Roberts, B. (2017). The US Experience in Planning for Community Food Systems: An Era of Advocacy, Awareness, and (Some) Learning. In: Knezevic, I., Blay-Palmer, A., Levkoe, C., Mount, P., Nelson, E. (eds) Nourishing Communities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6_4
Whittaker, J., Clark, J., Sangiovannni, S., & Raja, S. (2017). Planning for Food Systems: Community-University Partnerships for Food-Systems Transformation. Metropolitan Universities, 28. https://doi.org/10.18060/21471
So-Ra Baek, Samina Raja, Nathan Attard, & Maryam Khojasteh. (2016). Acculturating into (In)active Commuting to School: Differences between Children of Foreign-Born and U.S.-Born Caregivers. Children, Youth and Environments, 26(1), 37–55. https://doi.org/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.26.1.0037
Clark, J., Bean, M., Raja, S., Loveridge, S., Freedgood, J., & Hodgson, K. (2017). Cooperative extension and food system change: goals, strategies and resources. Agriculture and human values, 34, 301-316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-016-9715-2
Horst, M., Raj, S., & Brinkley, C. (2016). Getting Outside the Supermarket Box: Alternatives to “Food Deserts”. Progressive Planner. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/usp_fac/191
Khojasteh, M., & Raja, S. (2016). Agents of Change: How Immigrant-Run Ethnic Food Retailers Improve Food Environments. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 12(3), 299–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2015.1112759
Raj, S., Raja, S., & Dukes, B. A. (2016). Beneficial but Constrained: Role of Urban Agriculture Programs in Supporting Healthy Eating Among Youth. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 12(3), 406–428. https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2015.1128865
Raj, Subhashni. 2016. “Growing Food Connections.” In Growing Livelihoods: Local Food Systems and Community Development, edited by Rhonda Phillips and Chris Wharton. Taylor and Francis. 10.4324/9781315688596
Raja, S., & Diao, C. (2016). Community-Led Urban Agriculture Policy Making: A View from the United States. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 31. https://edepot.wur.nl/402064
Raja, S., Hoekstra F., Delgado, C., & Veenhuizen, R. V. (2016). Editorial: Community Involvement in Urban Planning and Policy Development to Strengthen City and Regional Food Systems. Urban Agriculture Magazine. 31:4-9. https://edepot.wur.nl/402061
Whittaker, Jennifer. 2016. Slow and Steady: Emergence of Urban Agriculture Policy in Buffalo, NY. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 31.
Baek, S., Raja, S., Park, J., Epstein, L. H., Yin, L., & Roemmich, J. N. (2015). Park design and children’s active play: a microscale spatial analysis of intensity of play in Olmsted’s Delaware Park. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 42(6), 1079-1097. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813515599515
Raja, S., Booth, J., Norton, J. T., Crowell, B., Gouck, J., & Bonaro, K. (2015). Promoting Active Commuting to School Through Environmental and Policy Supports in Buffalo, New York. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 21, S110–S115. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48517467
Raja, S., Booth, J., Norton, J. T., Crowell, B., Gouck, J., & Bonaro, K. (2015). Promoting active commuting to school through environmental and policy supports in Buffalo, New York. Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP, 21 Suppl 3, S110–S115. https://doi.org/10.1097/PHH.0000000000000208
Raja, S., Picard, D., Baek, S., & Delgado, C. (2014). Rustbelt Radicalism: A Decade of Food Systems Planning Practice in Buffalo, New York (USA). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 4(4), 173–189. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2014.044.015
Feda, D. M., Seelbinder, A., Baek, S., Raja, S., Yin, L., & Roemmich, J. N. (2015). Neighbourhood parks and reduction in stress among adolescents: Results from Buffalo, New York. Indoor and Built Environment, 24(5), 631-639. https://doi.org/10.1177/1420326×14535791
Yin, L., Raja, S., Li, X., Lai, Y., Epstein, L., & Roemmich, J. (2013). Neighbourhood for Playing: Using GPS, GIS and Accelerometry to Delineate Areas within which Youth are Physically Active. Urban Studies, 50(14), 2922–2939. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26145631
Raja, S. (2013). A Review of Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice. Journal of the American Planning Association, 79(3):3-4.
Epstein, L. H., Raja, S., Daniel, T. O., Paluch, R. A., Wilfley, D. E., Saelens, B. E., & Roemmich, J. N. (2012). The built environment moderates effects of family-based childhood obesity treatment over 2 years. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 44(2), 248–258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-012-9383-4
Raja, S., Yin, L., Roemmich, J., Ma, C., Epstein, L., Yadav, P., & Ticoalu, A. B. (2010). Food Environment, Built Environment, and Women’s BMI: Evidence from Erie County, New York. Journal of planning education and research, 29(4), 444-460. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456×10367804
Raja, S., Breinlich, A. & Kallas, A. (2010). Partnerships to Promote Healthy Eating in School Environments: Lessons from Buffalo, New York. Children, Youth and Environments, 20(2), 175–189. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7721/chilyoutenvi.20.2.0175
Raja, S., & Verma, N. (2010). Got perspective? A theoretical view of fiscal impact analysis. Planning Theory, 9, 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473095209357866
Raja, S., Ball, M., Booth, J., Haberstro, P., & Veith, K. (2009). Leveraging neighborhood-scale change for policy and program reform in Buffalo, New York. American journal of preventive medicine, 37(6 Suppl 2), S352–S360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2009.09.001
Raja, S., Ma, C., & Yadav, P. (2008). Beyond Food Deserts:Measuring and Mapping Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments. Journal of planning education and research, 27(4), 469-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456×08317461
Roemmich, J. N., Epstein, L. H., Raja, S., & Yin, L. (2007). The neighborhood and home environments: disparate relationships with physical activity and sedentary behaviors in youth. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 33(1), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15324796abm3301_4
Epstein, L. H., Handley, E. A., Dearing, K. K., Cho, D. D., Roemmich, J. N., Paluch, R. A., Raja, S., Pak, Y., & Spring, B. (2006). Purchases of food in youth. Influence of price and income. Psychological science, 17(1), 82–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01668.x
Roemmich, J. N., Epstein, L. H., Raja, S., Yin, L., Robinson, J., & Winiewicz, D. (2006). Association of access to parks and recreational facilities with the physical activity of young children. Preventive medicine, 43(6), 437–441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.07.007
Epstein, L. H., Raja, S., Gold, S. S., Paluch, R. A., Pak, Y., & Roemmich, J. N. (2006). Reducing sedentary behavior: the relationship between park area and the physical activity of youth. Psychological science, 17(8), 654–659. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01761.x

Journal Special Issues Guest Edited

Raja, S, Clark, J., Freedgood, J., & Hodgson, K. (Guest Editors). (2018). Special Issue on Local Government in Food Systems Work. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. 8 (Supplement 2), October 2018. https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/issue/view/32
Raja, S., Morgan, K., & Hall, E. (Guest Editors). (2017). Planning for Equitable Urban and Regional Food Systems (Editorial). Built Environment, 43 (3) https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.43.3.309

Book Chapters

Raja, S. (2024). Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Quandaries. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_1
Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A. (2024). Planning [for Urban Agriculture] as Public Nurturance. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_29
Hall, E., Sherrod, S., Raja, S. (2024). Toward a Restorative Planning Ethic: Race, History, and Food Planning in Albany, Georgia. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_12
Raja, S., Raj, S., Ramos-Gerena, C.E. (2024). Municipal Planning Response to Urban Agriculture: Equity is Not Quite on the Table. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_13
Irish, A., Clark, J., Hodgson, K., Raja, S. (2024). The Relational Infrastructure of Food System Policy Development. In Raja, S., Campbell, M. C., Judelsohn, A., Born, B., Morales, A. (Eds), Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture in the United States. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7_19
Raja, S., Whittaker, J., Hall, E., Hodgson, K., & Leccese, J. (2018). Growing Food Connections through Planning: Lessons from the United States. In Integrating Food into Urban Planning. United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and University College London (UCL) Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv513dv1.13
Raja, S., & Whittaker, J. (2018). Community Food Infrastructure: A Vital Consideration for Planning Healthy Communities. In Beatley, T., Rainey, and Carla Jones. (Eds), Healthy Environments, Healing Spaces: Current Practice and Future Directions in Health and Design. University of Virginia Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/191/edited_volume/chapter/2247506
Clark, J.K., Marquis, C., Raja, S. (2017). The Local Food Policy Audit: Spanning the Civic-Political Agrifood Divide. In Knezevic, I., Blay-Palmer, A., Levkoe, C., Mount, P., Nelson, E. (Eds), Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative PathwaysSustainable. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6_8
Raja, S., Raj, S., Roberts, B. (2017). The US Experience in Planning for Community Food Systems: An Era of Advocacy, Awareness, and (Some) Learning. In Knezevic, I., Blay-Palmer, A., Levkoe, C., Mount, P., Nelson, E. (Eds), In Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative PathwaysSustainable. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57000-6_4
Ventura, S., Heinzel, W. M., Raja. S. (2010). Planning Analyst Module 3: Allocate Making Place-based Decisions. In Niemann, B., Moyer, D., Ventura, S., Chenoweth, R., and Miskowiak, D. (Eds), Citizen Planners: Shaping Communities with Spatial Tools. Redlands, California: ESRI Press. ISBN 9781589484146
Raja, S. (2006). Kashmir. In Reveron, D.S., & Murer, J.S. (Eds), Flashpoints in the War on Terrorism (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203957332
Raja, S. (2006). Seeking Common Ground in Smart Growth and Food System Planning: Lessons from the Food for Growth Studio.” In Teaching Smart Growth at Colleges and Universities: A Set of Model Course Prospectuses. Washington, DC: US Environmental Planning Agency. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2014-03/documents/raja.pdf
Raja, S. (2005). Site Value Taxation. In Caves, R. W. (Ed), Encyclopedia of the City (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203484234

Book Reviews

Raja, Samina. 2013. “A Review of Sustainable Food Planning: Evolving Theory and Practice.” Journal of the American Planning Association 79(30):3-4.

Articles in Popular Press and Other Venues

Raja, Samina and Robert Shibley. “Standing in Unity and Action: Black Lives Matter.” June 20, 2020.
Raja, Samina, and Chunyuan Diao. 2016. “A Community-Led View of Urban Agriculture Policy Making.” Urban Agriculture Magazine 31.
Raja, Samina, Femke Hoekstra, and Rene Veenhuizen. 2016. “Editorial. Giving Space to Use Urban Space: Community Involvement in Urban Planning and Policy Development to Strengthen Urban Food Systems.” Urban Agriculture Magazine 31.
Raja, Samina. 2015. “Why all Cities should have a Department of Food.” The Conversation. April 3, 2015.
Raja, Samina and Heather Wooten. 2010. “Food systems planning – an opportunity for planners in private practice.” Newsletter, Private Practice Division, American Planning Association.
Raja, Samina. 2008. “Food for Thought” Final Word. UB Today.
Raja, Samina. 2008. Section in an article titled “A question for the boss: What questions should employees ask themselves about the health of their workforce?” Impact: Improving Health for Population and Individuals. School of Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Newsletter. April 2008.
Breinlich, Angelika and Samina Raja. 2006. “Sometimes applesauce is about more than just apples.” Buffalo Rising, Online Magazine. November 2006.
Raja, Samina. 2005b. “Food for Growth” Intersight: Journal of the School of Architecture and Planning, 8 (2005): 112-117.