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Quantitative Methods for Environmental Justice Assessment of Transportation

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  • G. Scott Mills
  • K. Sieglinde Neuhauser

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Application of Executive Order 12898 to risk assessment of highway or rail transport of hazardous materials has proven difficult; in general, the location and conditions affecting the propagation of a plume of hazardous material released in a potential accident are unknown. Therefore, analyses have only been possible in a geographically broad or approximate manner. The advent of geographic information systems and development of software enhancements at Sandia National Laboratories have made kilometer‐by‐kilometer analysis of populations tallied by U.S. Census blocks along entire routes practicable. Tabulations of total or racially/ethnically distinct populations close to a route, its alternatives, or the broader surrounding area, can then be compared and differences evaluated statistically. This article presents methods of comparing populations and their racial/ethnic compositions using simple tabulations, histograms, and chi‐square tests for statistical significance of differences found. Two examples of these methods are presented: comparison of two routes and comparison of a route with its surroundings.

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  • G. Scott Mills & K. Sieglinde Neuhauser, 2000. "Quantitative Methods for Environmental Justice Assessment of Transportation," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 20(3), pages 377-384, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:20:y:2000:i:3:p:377-384
    DOI: 10.1111/0272-4332.203036
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    1. Antonio Moreno-Jiménez & Robert Lindsay Hodgart, 2003. "Modelling a Single Type of Environmental Impact from an Obnoxious Transport Activity: Implementing Locational Analysis with GIS," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 35(5), pages 931-946, May.
    2. Junrui Xu & James H. Lambert, 2015. "Risk‐Cost‐Benefit Analysis for Transportation Corridors with Interval Uncertainties of Heterogeneous Data," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(4), pages 624-641, April.
    3. Yong Un Ban & Cheolhee Son & Yumi Kim & Jong In Baek, 2015. "Participatory development of transportation justice indicators using expert surveys and factor analysis," International Review of Public Administration, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 84-101, January.
    4. Shahriar Afandizadeh & Seyed Ebrahim Abdolmanafi, 2016. "Development of a Model for a Cordon Pricing Scheme Considering Environmental Equity: A Case Study of Tehran," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-19, February.
    5. Karel Martens, 2011. "Substance precedes methodology: on cost–benefit analysis and equity," Transportation, Springer, vol. 38(6), pages 959-974, November.
    6. Davis, Coray & Jha, Manoj K., 2011. "A dynamic modeling approach to investigate impacts to protected and low-income populations in highway planning," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 45(7), pages 598-610, August.

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