A considerable number of quantitative analyses have been conducted in the past several
decades that demonstrate the existence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the …

Communities where polluting human activities are sited often show disadvantage in terms of
social and economic variables. Environmental distributive justice studies seek to identify …

Objectives. To quantify nationwide disparities in the location of particulate matter (PM)-
emitting facilities by the characteristics of the surrounding residential population and to …

Urban green spaces provide an array of benefits, or ecosystem services, that support our
physical, psychological, and social health. In many cases, however, these benefits are not …

Environmental justice (EJ) and political ecology (PE) have grown during recent decades to
become leading critical approaches to socio-environmental analyses. The two fields share a …

We describe spatial patterns in environmental injustice and inequality for residential outdoor
nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations in the contiguous United States. Our approach …

Background: Growing evidence indicates that toxicity of fine particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in
diameter (PM2. 5) differs by chemical component. Exposure to components may differ by …

Objectives. To assess the environmental justice implications of flooding from Hurricane
Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas, we analyzed whether the areal extent of flooding was …

In a nationally representative survey experiment, diverse segments of the US public
underestimated the environmental concerns of nonwhite and low-income Americans and …

Although a large body of quantitative environmental justice research exists, only a handful of
studies have examined the processes by which racial and socioeconomic disparities in the …