Defining environmental justice and environmental racism

Article Abstract:

The author argues that attempts to define 'environmental justice' and 'environmental racism' as separate, concrete concepts is less important than examining the diversity of issues they are intended to represent within the political and legal arenas. He moves the argument beyond simple distributive patterns of contamination and pollution to negotiate the malleable nature of the terms due to geographic, temporal, and ethical differences.

Ethical aspects, Terminology, Racism, Environmental justice

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Residential mobility: the impacts of web-based infromation on the search process and spatial housing choice patterns

Article Abstract:

This article examines the search patterns of housing buyers who use the Internet to purchase real estate. The study examined movers in Wake County, North Carolina in 2000, and found that the only significant difference between people who used the Internet in their search tended to visit more homes than those who did not.

Methods, Usage, Internet, Real estate industry, Information services, House buying, Home buying, Residential mobility

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Subsidized inequities: the spatial patterning of environmental risks and federally assisted housing

Article Abstract:

Research shows a link between government funded housing, hazardous geographic areas and minority populations. While explanations of this link based solely on income and race demonstrate poor consistency over time in cause and effect, evidence exists that this trend is growing.

Statistical Data Included, Social policy, Environmental aspects, Public housing, Housing policy, United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Hazardous geographic environments

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