Racial inequality in the distribution of hazardous waste: A national-level reassessment

Social Problems

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-370

  Mohai, Paul ^a   Saha, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental inequality; Environmental justice; Environmental racism; GIS; Hazardous waste; Racial inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549080228     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2007.54.3.343     Document Type: Article

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