Regional differences in the potential exposure of US minority populations to hazardous facilities

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7143450

Nieves, L A ^[1]; Nieves, A L ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Wheaton Coll., Wheaton, IL (United States) Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

In the literature that examines the distribution of environmental disamenities of various types, there is considerable documentation that minority groups and lower income groups are more likely to be exposed. Such differential exposure has been attributed to environmental racism'' by some authors, but there has been no systematic investigation of the factors and dynamics underlying this exposure pattern. This study examines regional differences in the proximity of African-American, Hispanics, Asians, and non-Hispanic Whites to a broad range facility types and explores the degree to which this may be related to urban and income factors.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 7143450
• Report Number(s): ANL/EAIS/CP-77888; CONF-9211139-1; ON: DE93004155
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI), Chicago, IL (United States), 15 Nov 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ORIENTAL AMERICANS
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