Research article: Racial and socioeconomic assessments of neighborhoods adjacent to small-scale brownfield sites in the Detroit region

Environmental Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-353

  Lee, Sangyun ^a   Mohai, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNFIELD SITE; DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN SOCIETY;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84555218514     PISSN: 14660466     EISSN: 14660474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1466046611000366     Document Type: Article

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