Is Planting Equitable? An Examination of the Spatial Distribution of Nonprofit Urban Tree-Planting Programs by Canopy Cover, Income, Race, and Ethnicity

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 452-482

  Watkins, Shannon Lea ^a   Mincey, Sarah K ^b   Vogt, Jess ^c   Sweeney, Sean P ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta, GA; Detroit, MI; environmental justice; Indianapolis, IN; Philadelphia, PA; urban tree canopy cover

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; INCOME; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; RACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTA; DETROIT; GEORGIA; INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; MICHIGAN; MIDWEST; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018994940     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916516636423     Document Type: Article

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