Governance structures and the lack of basic amenities: Can community engagement be effectively used to address environmental injustice in underserved black communities?

Environmental Justice

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Wilson, Sacoby M ^a   Heaney, Christopher D ^b   Wilson, Omega ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c West End Revitalization Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LAND USE PLANNING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650734495     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2010.0014     Document Type: Article

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