Climate change, environmental justice, and vulnerability: An exploratory spatial analysis

Environmental Justice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Wilson, Sacoby M ^a   Richard, Roland ^a   Joseph, Lesley ^a   Williams, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNICITY; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VULNERABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949769790     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2009.0035     Document Type: Article

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