水力压裂对环境正义的影响:德克萨斯州的时空空间分析
Abdyrakhman Sulaimanov1, Maner Shi2, Anqi Wang3
1Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|March 15, 2025
概括
水力压裂井不成比例地位于少数群体附近,特别是黑人和西班牙裔人口,这表明环境不公正. 这一趋势随着时间的推移而恶化,人口结构的变化加剧了人们的担忧.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 环境正义问题涉及能源基础设施的位置.
- 需要了解人口统计学与水力压裂 (fracking) 井的关联.
- 关于环境差异和工业位置的先前研究.
研究的目的:
- 确定人口因素与美国水力压裂井位置之间的关联.
- 分析这些关联的时间演变.
- 调查人口变化对环境正义的作用与水力压裂相关的问题.
主要方法:
- 利用了来自FracFocus和美国社区调查 (2011-2023) 的面板数据集.
- 采用人口普查区级别分析,并使用各种近距离测量 (距离缓冲器,区域插值).
- 进行了纵向分析,以追踪随时间的变化.
主要成果:
- 水力压裂井不成比例地位于人口普查区,其中黑人和西班牙裔人口比例较高.
- 这些差异在不同的近距离尺度中仍然存在.
- 近年来,在边缘化社区附近,人们越来越多地发现了靠近边缘化社区的安置.
- 定位后的人口变化,包括少数民族集中和白人人口迁移,有助于增加环境正义问题.
结论:
- 经验证据证实,水力压裂井的位置存在环境不公正,不成比例地影响种族少数群体.
- 纵向数据显示,这些差异随着时间的推移而加剧.
- 调查结果强调,需要采取政策干预措施,以应对水力压裂活动的分布影响,并保护脆弱社区.
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