Built Environment Issues in Unserved and Underserved African-American Neighborhoods in North Carolina

Environmental Justice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-72

  Wilson, Sacoby M ^a   Heaney, Christopher D ^b   Cooper, John ^c   Wilson, Omega ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c MDC Inc   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

annexation; basic amenities; built environment; communities of color; disparities; environmental justice; extraterritorial jurisdiction; infrastructure; land use planning; segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005971429     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2008.0509     Document Type: Article

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