Using geographic information systems to create and analyze statistical surfaces of population and risk for environmental justice analysis

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 281-297

  Mennis, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0036522668     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6237.00083     Document Type: Article

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