Environmental equity and electric power generation: Disparate community outcomes within Texas?

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 891-915

  Touché, George E ^a   Rogers, George O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29244470817     PISSN: 09640568     EISSN: 13600559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09640560500294319     Document Type: Article

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