Race & Air Pollution Wayne County, Michigan

Race & Air Pollution Wayne County, Michigan GPH 606 Ivy Beller Sakansky Michael Vargas

INTRODUCTION • Wayne County, Michigan • African American Population = 42% • Hot spot Analysis – Racial group percentage – TRI sites – Neighborhood proximity 

EPA Toxic Release Sites Wayne County, Michigan of Wayne County, Michigan, 2008

GEOGRAPHIC PROBLEM

Does a spatial relationship exist between the location of toxic release sites and predominant minority group in Wayne County, Michigan?

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HYPOTHESES 

1) “Hot Spot” tracts similar to nearby tracts

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2) Spatial correlation between race hot spots and TRI sites

METHODS 

1. TRI Mapped 2. African American Population Mapped 3. Hot Spot Analysis  Neighborhood: Share Census Boundary  Getis-Ord G Statistic  <.01% significance 

Racial Breakdown of Wayne County, Michigan, 1999

(Analysis/chorpleth map title)

CONCLUSIONS 

Many Tracts statistically significant hot spots --

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--Could not include there was a relationship between minority race and air pollution sites.