Park quality in racial/ethnic minority neighborhoods

Environmental Justice

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Suminski, Richard R ^a   Connolly, Erin K ^a   May, Linda E ^a   Wasserman, Jason ^a   Olvera, Norma ^b   Lee, Rebecca E ^b  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ETHNIC MINORITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARK DESIGN; PUBLIC SPACE; PUBLIC SPENDING; RACIAL DISPARITY; RACIAL IDENTITY; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871189313     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2012.0013     Document Type: Article

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