1st Edition
Quality Of Life In American Neighborhoods Levels Of Affluence, Toxic Waste, And Cancer Mortality In Residential Zip Code Areas
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Information, never before available, on levels of affluence and the quality of life in every Zip code area in which Americans reside is contained in this book. The Council On Economic Priorities (CEP), a non-profit research agency committed to the exploration of issues of corporate social responsibility, has been engaged in a study of the relationship between the generation and disposal of toxic... Read more
l. Introduction 2. Political Significance of the Zip Code Area 3. Data Definitions; Zip Codes, Population, Households and Occupied Housing Units, Group Quarters, Renter and Owner Occupied Units, White Population, Age Composition, Definition of Levels of Affluence 4. Affluent Areas of the U.S. 5. Measure of the Quality of Life; Toxic Emissions, CEP Toxic Waste Database, Closed Toxic Waste Sites 6. Relation of Income Levels to Toxic Waste 7. Relation of Toxic Waste to Cancer 8. Cancer Rates in Southern Louisiana 9. How to Combine Zip Code Areas into Neighborhoods; Role of Litigation
Biography
Jay M. Gould and Alice Tepper
