Environmental Justice 2.0: new Latino environmentalism in Los Angeles

Local Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-23

  Carter, Eric D ^a  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental justice; environmental politics; Latinos; Los Angeles

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ETHICS; LATINO PEOPLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84956760366     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2014.912622     Document Type: Article

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