Brownfields gentrification: Redevelopment planning and environmental justice in Spokane, Washington

Environmental Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Bryson, Jeremy ^a  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; BROWNFIELD SITE; CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GENTRIFICATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; REDEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK; URBAN AREA;

SPOKANE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84857260101     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2010.0045     Document Type: Article

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