Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Sociohistorical Explanation of Urban Environmental Inequality

博士论文研究：城市环境不平等的社会历史解释

• 批准号: 0117644
• 负责人: Gregory Hooks
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0117644&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Sociohistorical; Explanation

In aiming to explain the existence of environmental inequality - the disproportionate location of environmental hazards near low income and minority neighborhoods - this project contrasts two theories. One is based on direct racial discrimination, and another is based on the indirect consequences of housing inequality by class and race. The evaluation of the contrasting theories comes from the analysis of data from three sources. One source identifies the location of toxic facilities, another provides figures on home ownership, and a third uses figures from the U.S. census. With data over the 1940-1990 period for eight selected areas, the analysis examines the relationship between housing segregation and environmental inequality. The results not only help evaluate the alternative theories and the relative roles of class and race in promoting environmental inequality, but also address policy options in alleviating the problem.

为了解释环境不平等的存在--低收入和少数民族社区附近环境危害的不成比例的位置--该项目对比了两种理论。一种是基于直接的种族歧视，另一种是基于按阶级和种族划分的住房不平等的间接后果。对比理论的评价来自对三个来源的数据的分析。一个来源确定了有毒设施的位置，另一个来源提供了房屋所有权的数据，第三个来源使用了美国人口普查的数据。利用1940-1990年期间八个选定地区的数据，分析了住房隔离与环境不平等之间的关系。研究结果不仅有助于评估替代理论以及阶级和种族在促进环境不平等方面的相对作用，而且有助于解决缓解问题的政策选择。