Environmental inequalities in New Zealand: A national study of air pollution and environmental justice

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 980-993

  Pearce, Jamie ^a   Kingham, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental justice; Health inequalities; New Zealand; Particulate pollution; Resource Management Act 1991

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNICITY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 40049084244     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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