Environmental Justice Analysis Theories, Methods, and Practice

Presents a multi-perspective, multi-disciplinary, and inter-disciplinary approach to analyzing environmental justice issues. Examining various aspects of the issue, this book provides readers with a comprehensive and analytical treatment of theories and methods for analyzing and assessing environmental justice and equity issues.

Is the environmental justice debate solely an economic issue? Is it a social issue as well as a moral, political, or science issue? In Environmental Justice Analysis: Theories, Methods, and Practice author Feng Liu suggests it is all of them. He presents a multi-perspective, multi-disciplinary, and inter-disciplinary approach to analyzing environmental justice issues.Liu demonstrates how cutting-edge technologies and methods such as the Internet, Geographic Information Systems, and modeling tools can contribute to better equity analysis and policy evaluations. He focuses on the various methods of environmental justice research, providing you with an integrated framework for conducting rigorous equity analysis. Environmental Justice has just been placed at the head of the environmental policy agenda. Federal governments have a mandate to analyze the impacts of federal policies, programs, and projects on groups and communities. Carefully and critically examining all aspects of the issue, Environmental Justice Analysis: Theories, Methods, and Practice provides you with a comprehensive and analytical treatment of theories and methods for analyzing and assessing environmental justice and equity issues.

Environmental Justice, Equity, and PoliciesThe Environmental Justice MovementEnvironmental Justice PoliciesEnvironmental Justice AnalysisThe Debate on TerminologyOverview of the BookTheories and HypothesesTheories of Justice and EquityEconomic and Location TheoriesTheories of RiskTheories of Neighborhood ChangeSummaryMethodology and Analytical Framework for Environmental Justice and Equity AnalysisInquiry and Environmental Justice AnalysisMethodological Issues in Environmental Justice ResearchIntegrated Analytical FrameworkMeasuring and Modeling Environmental and Human ImpactsEnvironmental and Human Impacts: Concepts and ProcessesModeling and Simulating Environmental RisksMeasuring and Modeling Economic ImpactsMeasuring Environmental and Human Impacts for Environmental Justice AnalysisCritique and Response of a Risk-Based Approach to Environmental Justice and Equity AnalysisSummaryQuantifying and Projecting Population DistributionCensusPopulation Measurements: Who are Disadvantaged?Population DistributionPopulation Projection and ForecastSummaryDefining Geographic Unit of AnalysisThe Debate on Choice of Unit of AnalysisCensus Geography: Concepts, Criteria, and HierarchyCensus Geography as a Unit of Equity Analysis: Consistency, Comparability, and AvailabilityCensus Geography as a Unit of Equity Analysis: Which One?Alternative Units of AnalysisSummaryAnalyzing Data with Statistical MethodsDescriptive StatisticsInferential StatisticsCorrelation and RegressionProbability and Discrete Choice ModelsSpatial StatisticsApplications of Statistical Methods in Environmental Justice StudiesIntegrating, Analyzing, and Mapping Data with GISSpatial Measures and ConceptsSpatial InterpolationGIS-Based Units of Analysis for Equity AnalysisOverlay and Suitability AnalysisGIS-Based Operationalization of Equity CriteriaIntegrating GIS and Urban and Environmental ModelsModeling Urban SystemsGravity Models, Spatial Interaction, and Entropy MaximizationDeterministic Utility, Random Utility, and Discrete ChoicePolicy Evaluation MeasuresOperational ModelsIntegrating Urban Models and Environmental Models for Environmental Justice AnalysisEquity Analysis of Air PollutionAir QualityRelationship Between Air Quality and Population Distribution: Theories, Methods, and EvidenceSpatial Interaction Modeling Approach to Testing Environmental InequityEquity Analysis of New National Ambient Air Quality StandardsEquity Analysis of Hazardous Waste Facilities, Superfund Sites, and Toxics Release FacilitiesEquity Analysis of Hazardous Waste FacilitiesEquity Analysis of CERCLIS and Superfund SitesEquity Analysis of Toxics Release FacilitiesSummaryDynamics Analysis of Locally Unwanted Land UsesMethodological Issues in Dynamics AnalysisFramework for Dynamics AnalysisRevisiting the Houston Case: Hypothesis TestingDiscussion of Alternative HypothesisDiscussions and ConclusionsEquity Analysis of Transportation Systems, Projects, Plans, and PoliciesEnvironmental Impacts of Transportation SystemsIncorporating Equity Analysis in the Transportation Planning ProcessTransportation System Performance MeasuresEquity Analysis of Mobility and AccessibilityMeasuring Distributional Impacts on Property ValuesMeasuring Environmental ImpactsEquity Analysis of Transportation PoliciesEnvironmental Justice of Transportation in CourtSummaryTrends and ConclusionsInternet-Based and Community-Based ToolsTrends and ConclusionsBibliographyIndex