Assessing environmental inequality: How the conclusions we draw vary according to the definitions we employ

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 349-369

  Downey, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 27844528331     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321790518870     Document Type: Review

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