Heavy Industry, People, and Planners

New Insights on an Old Issue

Bibliographic Data

ID12078010
AuthorsRaymond J Burby (corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume19
Issue1
Pages15-25
Publication date1999-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Planning Education and Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-456X • E-ISSN: 1552-6577
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0739456x9901900102
OpenAlexW2051787685
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited31

Protecting people from harm caused by nearby heavy industry is an old, and almost forgotten, goal of city planning. In this case study of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I show that industrial pollution is a serious source of con cern for nearby residents, who are dispropor tionately black. Analysis of factors associated with concern about neighborhood safety indi cates there is much that local planners can do, in cooperation with industry and state and federal regulators, to lessen fears about indus trial land uses. These findings provide the foundation for a discussion of policy options that planners can apply in dealing with heavy industry, once they realize that industrial uses are still a serious source of distress, particularly for poor and minority communities

Baton rouge · Business · Environmental planning · Foundation (evidence · Geography · Harm · Heavy industry · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Law · Risk Perception and Management

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