Measuring environmental inequalities: insights from the residential segregation literature
Mesurer les inégalités environnementales: perspectives issues de la littérature sur la ségrégation résidentielle
Résumé
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 (
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