Right answers, wrong questions: Environmental justice as urban research

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-337

  Schweitzer, Lisa ^a   Stephenson, Max ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34247558577     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601074961     Document Type: Article

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