ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
Environmental justice is a public policy goal of ensuring that the adverse human health or environmental effects of government activities do not fall disproportionately upon minority populations or low-income populations. This article presents a practical approach to measure the extent to which the air quality or noise consequences of a transportation system change would disproportionately affect those populations. The approach applies a geographic information system to blend U.S. Census data with the results from emission and dispersion models of vehicle-generated pollutants and from noise propagation models. Air pollution and noise contours can thus be overlaid upon data representing race and income levels, to discern whether disproportionate effects would occur.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
American Planning Association
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Chicago, IL United States 60603-6107 -
Authors:
- Forkenbrock, D J
- Schweitzer, L A
- Publication Date: 1999
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 96-111
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Serial:
- Journal of the American Planning Association
- Volume: 65
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: American Planning Association
- ISSN: 0194-4363
- Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpa20/current
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Environmental impacts; Geographic information systems; Income; Low income groups; Minorities; Noise; Public policy; Race; Social factors; Social impacts; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation planning
- Geographic Terms: Iowa
- Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00760975
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 16 1999 12:00AM