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Title: The Impact of Demographic and Regulatory Mobility on Environmental Justice in Texas, 1990-2000

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: This study revisited the association of demographic predictors of environmental injustice with the location of Toxic Storage and Distribution (TSD) facilities sited between 1990 and 2000 in Texas. Using Ordinary Least Squares regression of extracted geospatial data, it determined that a shifting temporal dynamic in the location of the 31 TSD's permitted by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) followed paths of weak resistance enabled by low median house value and race (p-value<.05). The study reports a significant shift of TSD's to locations in Hispanic populated areas. Though, past studies provided bounded theoretical judgments, the present research concluded that, rational choice, inadvertence, and discrimination jointly predicted environmental injustice and recommends the facilitation of equity through shared responsibility and governance.

Url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26505349?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

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Authors: Ejiogu, Kingsley; Tachia, Hon R.

Periodical (Full): Race, Gender & Class

Issue: 3/4

Volume: 22

Pages: 31-54

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Other

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