Minding the climate gap: Environmental health and equity implications of climate change mitigation policies in California

Environmental Justice

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-177

  Shonkoff, Seth B ^a   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^b   Pastor, Manuel ^c   Sadd, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EQUITY; HEALTH POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849126613     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2009.0030     Document Type: Article

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