Document Type

Research Publication

Publication Date

11-2018

Publication Title

CHRC Publications

Pages

12

Publisher Name

Loyola University Chicago

Publisher Location

Chicago

Abstract

Historically, low income communities and communities of color have borne the brunt of environmental pollution with limited access to environmental amenities. This has arisen, in part, due to marginalized communities’ lack of access and influence in environmental decision making, as well as legacies of racial and ethnic housing segregation (Cole & Foster, 2001). Environmental justice concerns include the disproportionate placement and inequitable regulation of polluting facilities in areas populated by people who are poor and/or racial minorities (Bryant, 1995: Bullard, 1993; Mohai & Bryant, 1992; Lavelle & Coyle, 1992). The inequitable distribution of environmental pollution is especially problematic for children’s wellbeing, because characteristics of the physical environment influence children’s development (Evans, 2006; McLeod, 2017). Children living in poverty experience greater exposure to environmental toxins, noise, poor quality housing, inadequate green space, and other environmental factors that adversely affect psychosocial and physical development (Evans, 2004).

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Author Posting. © The Authors 2018. This research brief is posted here by permission of the authors for personal use, not for redistribution. This brief was published by the Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University School of Law, 2018, https://www.luc.edu/chrc/orderpublications.shtml.

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