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The environmental justice literature convincingly shows that poor people and minorities live in more polluted neighborhoods than do other groups. These findings have sparked a broad activist movement, numerous local lawsuits, and several federal policy reforms. Despite the importance of environmenta...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Banzhaf, H. Spencer, 1969- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Environmental economics > United States.
Environmental justice > Economic aspects > United States.
Environmental policy > Economic aspects > United States.
Économie de l'environnement > États-Unis.
Justice environnementale > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
Environmental economics
Environmental policy > Economic aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Contributor Biographies; 1. The Political Economy of Environmental Justice: An Introduction
  • H. Spencer Banzhaf; Section I. Household Behavior and Land Markets: Theoretical Considerations; 2. Moving beyond Cleanup: Identifying the Crucibles of Environmental Gentrification
  • H. Spencer Banzhaf and Eleanor McCormick; 3. Does Environmental Remediation Benefit the Poor?
  • Jacob L. Vigdor; 4. Environmental Gentrification and Discrimination
  • H. Spencer Banzhaf, Joshua Sidon, and Randall P. Walsh; Section II. Household Behavior and Land Markets: Empirical Explorations.
  • 5. Residential Mobility and Ozone Exposure: Challenges for Environmental Justice Policy
  • Brooks Depro and Christopher Timmins 6. Superfund Taint and Neighborhood Change: Ethnicity, Age Distributions, and Household Structure
  • Trudy Ann Cameron, Graham D. Crawford, and Ian T. McConnaha; 7. Amenities Tomorrow: A Greenbelt Project's Impacts over Space and Time
  • Douglas S. Noonan; Section III. The Behavior of Polluting Firms; 8. The Role of Demographic and Cost-Related Factors in Determining Where Plants Locate: A Tale of Two Texas Cities
  • Ann Wolverton.
  • Section IV. Government Regulation and Enforcement 9. Spatial Patterns in Regulatory Enforcement: Local Tests of Environmental Justice
  • Ronald J. Shadbegian and Wayne B. Gray; 10. An Examination of the Correlation between Race and State Hazardous and Solid Waste Taxes
  • Robin R. Jenkins and Kelly B. Maguire; Postscript: Who Owns the Environment?
  • Terry L. Anderson; Index.

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