Economic deprivation and racial segregation: Comparing Superfund sites in Portland, Oregon and Detroit, Michigan

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681-692

  Smith, Chad L ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Declining significance of race; Economic deprivation; Environmental inequality; Racial segregation; Urban environmental inequality

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN; POVERTY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MICHIGAN; OREGON; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70149083242     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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