Environmental Injustice in the United States
Publisher: Tandem Library
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: School & Library Binding
ISBN-13: 9780613917599
Subjects: Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Environmental Science; Political Science; Public Policy - General; Environmental Studies; Science/Mathematics
First sentence: An emerging body of literature, collected under the genres of environmental racism or environmental equity, argues that unbalanced proportions of environmental hazards are located in black, Hispanic, and poor communities (see, e.g., Mohai and Bryant, 1992; Bullard, 1990a, 1993a; Capek, 1993; Jordan, 1980; Szasz, 1994; United Church of Christ, 1987).