Inequality in Beijing: A Spatial Multilevel Analysis of Perceived Environmental Hazard and Self-Rated Health

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 109-129

  Ma, Jing ^a   Mitchell, Gordon ^b   Dong, Guanpeng ^c   Zhang, Wenzhong ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

environmental hazard; environmental justice; geographical context; self rated health; spatial multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84989237154     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1224636     Document Type: Article

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