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Environmental JusticeERAS✓ Validated
Environmental Racism Awareness Scale
Taylor · 2000
Overview
Measures awareness of and attitudes toward environmental racism — the disproportionate siting of environmental hazards in communities of color and the exclusion of people of color from environmental decision-making. Designed for use in environmental justice research and education to assess understanding of the racial dimensions of environmental inequality.
Measure Details
Number of Items12 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Taylor
Year Published2000
Internal Reliabilityα = .83
DomainEnvironmental Justice
Citation
Taylor, D. E. (2000). The rise of the environmental justice paradigm: Injustice framing and the social construction of environmental discourses. American Behavioral Scientist, 43(4), 508–580.
Keywords
environmental racismracecommunities of colorhazardsdecision-makinginequalityjustice
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Free to use for research and educational purposes. Please cite the original authors.
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At a Glance
Items12
Year2000
Reliabilityα = .83