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What influences the pattern of pollutant releases? An investigation of firms’ siting and households’ sorting decisions in Ontario, Canada

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  • Arian Khaleghi Moghadam
  • Burc Kayahan

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The relationship between the pattern of pollutant releases and neighborhood characteristics has been in the center of environmental justice debates for the last decades. One part of the discourse revolves around the question if the siting decision of polluting firms or the sorting decision of households is the explanatory factor for the pattern of pollutant releases. The aim of this study is to contribute to the discussion by investigating the potential correlation between polluting facilities and socioeconomic characteristics of neighborhoods in Ontario, Canada, using data from the Canadian census and National Pollutant Release Inventory. The analysis shows that when the results are considered from the perspectives of the siting decision of firms and sorting decision of households’ hypotheses, the results weigh in favor of the sorting decision of households.

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  • Arian Khaleghi Moghadam & Burc Kayahan, 2017. "What influences the pattern of pollutant releases? An investigation of firms’ siting and households’ sorting decisions in Ontario, Canada," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(4), pages 743-754, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:60:y:2017:i:4:p:743-754
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1178106
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