GEOG 139 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Warren County, North Carolina, Common-Pool Resource, North Carolina Department Of Environmental Quality
5 Apr 2018
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** final is only on the lectures following exam 2 ** The unequal distribution of environmental benefits and burdens. Disproportionate access to common pool resources and common property. Nobody should own the air, yet some people are able to pollute the air-- those kind of ideas. Us epa and ncdenr select warren county for landfill (54. 5% Black, and 19. 4% poverty rate) because people below the poverty rate dont have the money to afford lawyers to fight back against the companies. Shocco township (69% black, 20% poverty rate) Kaolin clay soils atop the crystalline rack aquifer a lot of ground water was contaminated, and eventually they had to pay to decontaminate the area. 7 of 9 facilities in black dominated neighborhoods 25% of. One other facility was put in a hispanic neighborhood and the last was put in a white neighborhood. Didn"t have to be as careful when dumping on indians compared to dumping in regular areas in the us.
