Diesel truck traffic in low-income and minority communities adjacent to ports environmental justice implications of near-roadway land use conflicts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2067, 2008, Pages 38-46

  Houston, Douglas ^a   Krudysz, Margaret ^b   Winer, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BEACHES; EMISSION CONTROL; LAND USE; PARKS;

CONTAINER TRAFFIC; DIESEL TRUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL; LAND USE CONFLICTS; LONG BEACH; LOW INCOMES; PORT OF LOS ANGELES; SURFACE STREETS; TRUCK TRAFFIC;

TRUCKS;

EID: 58449120212     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2067-05     Document Type: Article

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