How Planning and Zoning Contribute to Inequitable Development, Neighborhood Health, and Environmental Injustice

Environmental Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Wilson, Sacoby ^a   Hutson, Malo ^b   Mujahid, Mahasin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84895063338     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2008.0506     Document Type: Article

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