Air Pollution Inequality in the Denver Metroplex and its Relationship to Historical Redlining

• Published in: Environmental science & technology Vol. 58; no. 9; pp. 4226 - 4236
• Main Authors: Bradley, Alexander C., Croes, Bart E., Harkins, Colin, McDonald, Brian C., de Gouw, Joost A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 05.03.2024
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - analysis; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Census; Censuses; Cities; Colorado; Emission analysis; Emission inventories; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Hispanic Americans; Humans; infrastructure; inventories; Latinos; Nitrogen dioxide; Nitrogen Oxides - analysis; Occurrence, Fate, and Transport of Contaminants in Indoor Air and Atmosphere; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; Point source pollution; Pollution levels; Pollution sources; Populations; Race; Redlining; remediation; remote sensing; Roads & highways; Spatial distribution; traffic; Traffic analysis; United States; United States; Colorado; remote sensing; pollution; environmental justice; urban air; air quality
• ISSN: 0013-936X; 1520-5851; 1520-5851
• DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03230

Prior studies have shown that people of color (POC) in the United States are exposed to higher levels of pollution than non-Hispanic White people. We show that the city of Denver, Colorado, displays similar race- and ethnicity-based air pollution disparities by using a combination of high-resolution...