Hazardous air pollutants and flooding: a comparative interurban study of environmental injustice

GeoJournal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 145-158

  Grineski, Sara ^a   Collins, Timothy W ^a   Chakraborty, Jayajit ^b   Montgomery, Marilyn ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Environmental justice; Flood risk; Houston (Texas, USA); Miami (Florida, USA)

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR TOXICS; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FLOOD RISKS; FLORIDA , USA; TEXAS , USA;

FLOODS;

EID: 84922338291     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: 15729893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-014-9542-1     Document Type: Article

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