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Analyzing Evidence Of Environmental Justice: A Suggestion For Professor Been, Colin Crawford
Analyzing Evidence Of Environmental Justice: A Suggestion For Professor Been, Colin Crawford
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One effect of the environmental justice movement has been to draw attention to the prejudices inherent in some modem environmental policies. These prejudices are most apparent when analyzing the location of hazardous waste facilities throughout the country. Several recent environmental justice studies have debated whether the location of these facilities has a direct correlation to the percentage of minorities in the surrounding areas.
This article critiques some of the methodology of these recent studies, most notably that of Professor Vicki Been, to determine the rationale governing the placement of hazardous waste facilities. Furthermore, this article suggests that researchers should expand …