Evidence that poor and minority neighborhoods suffer disproportionate levels of exposure to environmental hazards has mobilized citizen groups, and these groups have pressured governmental officials for action to alleviate the problems. The unknown source(s) of environmental inequities raises additional questions. Are government actions directly responsible for inequitable risks from environmental pollution? To date, the contribution of public policy to environmental inequity has been viewed as a problem to be remedied rather than a hypothesis to be tested. This research will evaluate the distributional consequences of policy decisions in environmental protection. The research will establish whether policy decisions produce unequal risks. If so, the processes that generate these policy outcomes will be examined. A model of environmental policymaking will be offered and tested. The model will provide insight into the consequences of market incentives on pollution control as well as the ways in which government policy can increase or alleviate environmental inequities.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9511979
Program Officer
Frank P. Scioli Jr.
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1995-08-15
Budget End
1998-01-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
$58,993
Indirect Cost
Name
Florida State University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Tallahassee
State
FL
Country
United States
Zip Code
32306