Commentary: Seeking environmental justice through public participation: A community-based water quality assessment in Bayview Hunters Point

Environmental Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-114

  Metzger, Eliot S ^a   Lendvay, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 33749151375     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046606060133     Document Type: Article

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