Measuring environmental inequalities: insights from the residential segregation literature

Mesurer les inégalités environnementales: perspectives issues de la littérature sur la ségrégation résidentielle

Yves Schaeffer () and Mihaï Tivadar ()
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Yves Schaeffer: UR LESSEM - Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] - Fédération OSUG - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble, UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]
Mihaï Tivadar: UR LESSEM - Laboratoire des EcoSystèmes et des Sociétés en Montagne - IRSTEA - Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] - Fédération OSUG - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble, UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: Inequalities in exposure to environmental hazards and access to environmental amenities have been documented in many cities, in relation to residential segregation of low-income or minority groups. The literature on residential segregation measurement, however, has not yet been considered a source of insights for the measurement of environmental inequalities. Here, we propose two segregation-based indices - the Environmental Dissimilarity gap index (

Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY; SPATIAL SEGREGATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; JACKKNIFE SIMULATIONS; FRANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Ecological Economics, 2019, 146, pp.475-496. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.009⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.009

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