Some more polluted than others: Unequal cumulative industrial hazard burdens in the Philadelphia MSA, USA

Local Environment

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 761-774

  Sicotte, Diane ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental inequality; Environmental justice; Urban inequality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLICY REFORM; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

DELAWARE RIVER; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957096483     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2010.509384     Document Type: Article

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