The Filthy Truth: An Environmental Justice Analysis of Public Beaches in Cleveland, Ohio

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ac.comp.abstractThis research takes an environmental justice perspective to analyze three public beaches in Cleveland, Ohio–Euclid Villa Angela Beach, Mentor Headlands, and Edgewater– to determine if beach quality is lower in Black and low socioeconomic communities than in majority white and upper class neighborhoods. To measure beach quality, trash from each beach was collected along a known distance, and an infrastructure analysis was performed to assess the recreational infrastructure present at each location. Data on each of the surrounding communities’ socioeconomic status was collected and measured the average home value, percentage of population without health insurance, rate of car ownership, percentage of renting residents, Black population, and percent of population living below the poverty line. Data produced in this study revealed that the beach with the highest density of trash had the highest Black population of the communities examined, indicating potential environmental injustice along the Cleveland coastline.en_US
ac.comp.awardEnvironmental Science and Sustainability, 2023en_US
ac.comp.firstreaderPallant, Eric T.
ac.comp.languageEnglishen_US
ac.comp.permissionformPublicen_US
ac.comp.secondreadersBowden, Richard D.
ac.subject.academicyearAcademic Year 2022-2023en_US
dc.contributor.authorCorso, Anna
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science / Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T13:36:03Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T13:36:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.majorEnvironmental Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.allegheny.edu/handle/10456/56640
dc.subjectenvironmental justiceen_US
dc.subjectpublic beachesen_US
dc.subjectClevelanden_US
dc.subjectOhioen_US
dc.subjectlitteren_US
dc.subjectsocioeconomicen_US
dc.titleThe Filthy Truth: An Environmental Justice Analysis of Public Beaches in Cleveland, Ohioen_US
dc.typeSenior Project Paperen_US
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