Mapping environmental injustice: race, class, and industrial air pollution

Zwickl et al remind that issues of race, class, and the distribution of power in society are never far off, no matter what aspect of society people are looking at. They describe how glaringly the impacts of toxic air pollution fall along the contours of the American social hierarchy. Poor people ten...

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Published in:Dollars & Sense 2015 (321), p.7
Main Authors: Zwickl, Klara, Ash, Michael, Boyce, James K
Format: Newsletterarticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative agencies
African Americans
Air pollution
Environmental aspects
Government agencies
Health aspects
Human exposure
Influence
Power
Powers and duties
Race
Social classes
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Summary:Zwickl et al remind that issues of race, class, and the distribution of power in society are never far off, no matter what aspect of society people are looking at. They describe how glaringly the impacts of toxic air pollution fall along the contours of the American social hierarchy. Poor people tend to have higher exposure than rich people, and people of color tend to have higher exposure than whites.
ISSN:0012-5245