Environmental reviews & case studies: More cost per drop: Water rates, structural inequality, and race in the United States - The case of Michigan

Environmental Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-395

  Butts, Rachel ^a   Gasteyer, Stephen ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNIC MINORITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RACIAL DISPARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WATER PLANNING; WATER SUPPLY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555218510     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046611000391     Document Type: Review

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