Environmental and socioeconomic injustice is the unequal distribution of environmental hazards and social concerns based on race and income respectively. The Regional Environmental Council, a local non-profit organization in Worcester, has actively addressed these issues and is applying for a Level II CARE Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. Our team identified social concerns including criminal activity, environmental hazards, and building abandonment, and mapped incidents of each in low- income and high-income neighborhoods. We also prioritized social issues relevant to senior citizens in the Worcester community, including homelessness, drug abuse, and other criminal activity.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Wright, Katie Annmarie
• Houyou, Amanda Paige
• Schleier, Kristen Elizabeth
• Dicapua, Brittany Starr

Subject

• Environment
• Security
• Community
• Sustainability
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022513-170957

Keyword

• Electronic data processing
• Community development
• Equality--Social aspects

Advisor

• Kasouf, Chickery J.

Year

• 2013

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Vega, Benito
• Owusu-Ansah, Kwabena

Date created

• 2013-02-25

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright