Rethinking Tiebout: The Contribution of Political Fragmentation and Racial/Economic Segregation to the Flint Water Crisis

Environmental Justice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 143-151

  Sadler, Richard Casey ^a   Highsmith, Andrew R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

land use; lead poisoning; public health; social justice; Tiebout Model; urban planning

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; EQUITY; LAND USE; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

FLINT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992381798     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2016.0015     Document Type: Review

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