Economic deprivation and environmental inequality in postindustrial Detroit: A comparison of landfill and superfund site locations

Organization and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-43

  Smith, Chad L ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining significance of race; Economic deprivation; Economic segregation; Environmental inequality; Racial segregation; Urban environmental inequality

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GIS; LANDFILL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPERFUND; URBAN AREA;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147163976     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026607300245     Document Type: Article

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