Creating a toxic neighborhood in Los Angeles County: A historical examination of environmental inequity

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-187

  Boone, Christopher G ^b   Modarres, Ali ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MANUFACTURING; TOXICITY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032726656     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10780879922184347     Document Type: Article

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