Constructing Valid Geospatial Tools for Environmental Justice

by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Decades of research have shown that disadvantaged communities exist at the intersection of high levels of hazard exposure and poverty. Geospatial environmental justice (EJ) tools, such as the White House Council on Environmental Quality-developed Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST), are designed to integrate different kinds of health, social, environmental, and economic data to identify disadvantaged communities and to aid policy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309712009
• ISBN13: 9780309712002
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 214 Pages