Race & Environmental Equity
An Overview of the Environmental Justice Issue in the Policy Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6356014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert R Higgins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-300 |
| Publication date | 1993-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3497 • E-ISSN: 1744-1684 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3235032 |
| OpenAlex | W2332412877 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This article examines the disproportionate impact of environmental pollution on racial minorities, analyzes competing explanations for it, and explores the effects of differing modes of power on the development of this issue in the policy process. Looking back over the last quarter century, the author traces the emergence of racial environmental equity as a public policy question and poses numerous issues yet to be resolved
Development economics · Economic Justice · Economics · Environmental justice · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Equity (law · Political economy · Political science · Public policy · Race (biology · Social justice · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Gender Studies · Law · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |