Environmental Equity
The Next Generation of Facility Siting Programs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15005349 |
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| Authors | Rodolfo Mata (0000-0002-9566-3098, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1061-8899 • E-ISSN: 2169-7736 |
| Publisher | California Digital Library (CDL) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5070/c7161021054 |
| OpenAlex | W2610286174 |
| Language | EN |
Environmental equity refers to the equal distribution of environmental risks across population groups. Conversely, environmental inequity exists when risks are disproportionately borne by particular population groups. Hazardous waste facility sites can be seen as indicators of environmental risk, at least to the extent that they pose actual, potential, and perceived risks.' Such risks can be economic, negatively affecting surrounding property values, or health-related, exposing populations to cancer-causing agents. Thus, demographic trends around facility locations are a measure of how environmental risks are distributed across population groups
Business · Environmental planning · Political science · Environmental Science · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
| Highly cited | No |
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