Environmental Justice Through Research-Based Decision-Making
- ISBN-10
- 113557815X
- ISBN-13
- 9781135578152
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-05-03
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- William M. Bowen
Description
This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today.
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- 2016-07-21
- 292 pages
- Paperback
- Routledge
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