Environmental Justice and Information Technologies: Overcoming the Information-Access Paradox in Urban Communities

Public Administration Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-585

  Kellogg, Wendy A ^a   Mathur, Anjali ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth Day Coalition   (United States)

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EID: 0142060841     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6210.00321     Document Type: Review

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