An Environmental Justice Indicator for Managing Environmental Risk in the Italian Provinces

Abstract

Main purpose of this study is to build an environmental justice composite indicator derived from the inclusion of air quality, demographic and health indexes, in order to assess the existence of environmental inequities across the Italian provinces. The development of this environmental justice indicator may be useful to assist policymakers in identifying territorial areas with disproportionate environmental burdens that might need targeted policy interventions to address adverse impacts on the affected populations.