Parks and people: An environmental justice inquiry in Baltimore, Maryland

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 767-787

  Boone, Christopher G ^a   Buckley, Geoffrey L ^b   Grove, J Morgan ^c   Sister, Chona ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baltimore; Environmental justice; Parks; Segregation

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DIAGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONAL PARK; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC SPACE; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SUBURBANIZATION;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69949191335     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045600903102949     Document Type: Article

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