Regional variation in environmental inequality: Industrial air toxics exposure in U.S. cities

Ecological Economics

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 494-509

  Zwickl, Klara ^a   Ash, Michael ^b   Boyce, James K ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b Department of Economics and Center for Public Policy and Administration ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Environmental inequality; Environmental justice; Risk Screening Environmental Indicators

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; URBAN POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908145319     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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