Progress towards Environmental Justice: A Five-year Perspective of Toxicity, Race and Poverty in Michigan, 1990-1995 1
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Vol. 41 (2) , 157-176
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569811687
Abstract
Much present research on the relationship between socio-economic factors and the siting of sources of environmental pollution has focused primarily on race and income. Using census data, timed-based data from multiple sources of pollution, and rates of cancers and low birth weight in the State of Michigan by zip code, we present a multivariate model that can distinguish the effects of race, income and other land use characteristics on: (1) the location of different sources of pollution; (2) progress toward clean-up of contaminated waste; and (3) how pollution is associated with measures of public health.Keywords
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