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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• Corporate Authors:

  American Planning Association

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• Authors:
  • Forkenbrock, D J
  • Schweitzer, L A
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 96-111
• 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