Environmental equity and the role of public policy: Experiences in the Rijnmond region

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-595

  Kruize, Hanneke ^a   Driessen, Peter P J ^b   Glasbergen, Pieter ^b   Van Egmond, Klaas ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental equity; Environmental justice; External safety risks; Public green space; Public policy; Traffic noise

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EXTERNAL SAFETY RISKS; PUBLIC GREEN SPACE; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

PUBLIC POLICY;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREENSPACE; NOISE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NETHERLANDS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC NOISE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RIJNMOND; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34648824650     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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