Disparities in access to residential plumbing: A binational comparison of environmental injustice in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez

Population and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-216

  McDonald, Yolanda J ^a   Grineski, Sara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Environmental injustice; Spatial regression models; US Mexico; Water access; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN REGION;

CHIHUAHUA; EL PASO; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869084370     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-011-0154-0     Document Type: Article

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