Environmental Injustice in the United States: Myths and Realities

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Dedications v
• Contents vii
• Figures and Tables ix
• Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Introduction the Nature of the Problem 1
• Notes 7
• 2 - Environmental Injustice Research: Reviewing the Evidence 9
• Notes 18
• 3 - Environmental Justice: Getting on the Public Agenda 21
• Summary and Conclusions 51
• Notes 52
• 4 - Modeling Environmental Injustice: Concepts, Measures, Hypotheses, and Method of Analysis 57
• Summary 73
• Notes 74
• 5 - Environmental Injustice in America's States 79
• Notes 106
• 6 - Environmental Injustice in America's Counties 113
• Conclusion 129
• Notes 131
• 7 - Environmental Injustice in America's Cities 133
• Conclusion 144
• Notes 147
• 8 - Summary and Conclusions from the Multilevel Analyses 149
• Conclusion 156
• Note 157
• 9 - Existing Federal and State Policies for Environmental Justice: Problems and Prospects 159
• Summary and Conclusion 171
• Summary and Conclusion 171
• 10 - Designing an Effective Policy for Environmental Justice: Implications and Recommendations 173
• Conclusion 187
• Notes 188
• References 189
• About the Authors 203
• Index 205

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