Study: Low-income neighborhoods disproportionately feel environmental burdens
“Researchers have long contended that low-income communities suffer greater environmental consequences than high-income neighborhoods. Poor neighborhoods are less likely to receive greater investments in new or innovative services or urban greening, which is said to reduce pollution and increase citizens’ health. Low-income neighborhoods also are more likely to be positioned near industrial areas and major road thoroughfares, both of which produce a lot of air pollution. They also are more likely to have an underinvestment in transit compared to high-income areas.”