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Downey, Liam. "Is Factory Pollution or Factory Employment a Stronger Predictor of Neighborhood Demographic Composition?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Aug 10, 2006 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101434_index.html>

Downey, L. , 2006-08-10 "Is Factory Pollution or Factory Employment a Stronger Predictor of Neighborhood Demographic Composition?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal Convention Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p101434_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: An interesting problem that arises when studying urban environmental inequality is that industrial facilities produce jobs as well as pollution, leading some researchers to ask whether industrial facilities are socially desirable, socially undesirable, or both, and whether the pollution burdens and employment benefits of industrial activity are borne by the same individuals, neighborhoods, and social group. Although these are important questions, no study that I am aware of has attempted to determine whether industrial facility employment or pollution is a stronger predictor of neighborhood demographic composition. This paper addresses this shortcoming in the literature by asking whether industrial facility pollution or employment is a stronger predictor of neighborhood racial composition in the Detroit metropolitan area in 2000. Results indicate that industrial facility pollution, proximity, and employment are all statistically significant predictors of the percentage of blacks in a tract. The strength of the association between air pollutant concentration levels and percent black is virtually the same as the strength of the association between factory employment opportunities and percent black. However, both of the facility proximity indicators used in this study are more strongly associated with percent black than is industrial employment opportunities. Moreover, it is likely that the variable used to measure employment opportunities overestimates the industrial employment opportunities available to blacks. Thus, although Detroit�s black neighborhoods experience both employment benefits and pollution burdens from local industrial activity, the pollution burdens appear to outweigh the employment benefits.

Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Residential Proximity to Polluting Industrial Facilities: Evidence from the Americans Changing Lives Study

Neighborhood Environment, Individual Resources, and Health in Older Adults: Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study