Skewed riskscapes and environmental injustice: A case study of metropolitan St. Louis

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-248

  Abel, Troy D ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; Cumulative risk analysis; Environmental justice; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE; CASE STUDIES; CENSUS BLOCK GROUP; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CUMULATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE RISK; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNING; TOXIC POLLUTANTS; TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCE; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCOME; INDUSTRY; MISSOURI; PREJUDICE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LOUIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849101289     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9126-2     Document Type: Article

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