There goes the neighborhood: Environmental equity and the location of new hazardous waste management facilities

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-192

  Atlas, Mark ^a  

^a Chambers Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; RESEARCH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4143141387     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2002.tb02140.x     Document Type: Article

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