Thesis
Expanding the borders of environmental inequality: an examination of sociodemographic predictors of inequality in Ontario, Canada
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101976
Abstract
Quantitative research documenting the presence of environmental inequality in the United States is well established. While there is rising evidence that issues of environmental inequality do not respect national boundaries and spread far beyond the United States, quantitative analyses in different national contexts are limited. This project discusses and addresses this gap by applying theories of environmental inequality and justice popularized in the United States to explain the distribution of environmental burdens in Ontario, Canada. This thesis tests the extent to which socioeconomic class and race - the main indicators known to be associated with environmentally unequal outcomes in the United States -are associated with environmentally unequal outcomes in the Canadian context. The results show clear support for the importance of socioeconomic status in predicting environmental hazards and mixed support for racial and ethnic indicators. These results are consistent with previous research in both the United States and Canada, and suggest that valuable insights about the nature and extent of environmental inequality can be found through future international and comparative works. This project also provides insight to the role that scale plays in studying environmental inequality.
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Details
- Title
- Expanding the borders of environmental inequality
- Creators
- Darcy Rose Hauslik
- Contributors
- Jennifer Schwartz (Degree Supervisor)Gregory Hooks (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525036001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis