Driven to injustice? Environmental justice and vehicle pollution in Christchurch, New Zealand

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-263

  Kingham, Simon ^a   Pearce, Jamie ^a   Zawar Reza, Peyman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental justice; New Zealand; Social deprivation; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VEHICLES;

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL DEPRIVATION; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION POLICY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34247877705     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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