Race, waste, and class: New perspectives on environmental justice

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Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-121

  Heiman, Michael K ^a  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; LANDFILL SITE; RACIAL FACTOR; SITING DECISION; TOXIC WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

USA;

EID: 0030478479     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.1996.tb00517.x     Document Type: Article

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