Coping with chemicals: Blacks, Whites, Planners, and industrial pollution

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 469-480

  Burby, Raymond J ^a   Strong, Denise E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

USA;

EID: 0031422790     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944369708975940     Document Type: Article

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