Inequity measures for evaluations of environmental justice: A case study of close proximity to highways in New York City

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-43

  Jacobson, Jerry O ^a,b   Hengartner, Nicolas W ^c   Louis, Thomas A ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; ROAD; URBAN SOCIETY;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13844292748     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a36225     Document Type: Article

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