期刊
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
卷 124, 期 -, 页码 114-123出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.01.014
关键词
Inequality measurement; Gini coefficient; Environmental justice; Air pollution
资金
- Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) [INO13-00028]
- National Science Foundation [SES-1060904]
- Shared University Research grants from IBM, Inc.
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure [1639145] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [1052875] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
This study presents alternative measures of environmental inequality in the 50 U.S. states for exposure to industrial air pollution. We examine three methodological issues. First, to what extent are environmental inequality measures sensitive to spatial scale and population weighting? Second, how do sensitivities to different segments of the overall distribution affect rankings by these measures? Third, how do vertical and horizontal (inter-group) inequality measures relate to each other? We find substantive differences in rankings by different measures and conclude that no single indicator is sufficient for addressing the entire range of equity concerns that are relevant to environmental policy; instead multiple measures are needed. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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