International Journal of Scientific Multidisciplinary Research (IJSMR)
Vol. 3 No. 8 (2025): August 2025

Social Equity in Environmental Policy: Addressing Disparities in U.S. Urban Air Quality

Kimberly Long Holt (Health and Safety Concepts)



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Publish Date
01 Oct 2025

Abstract

The paper serves all the model components of social justice in the vision of air quality management of the American urban environment and racial injustice against the poor community. We then may resort to the facts regarding the environmental consideration, state regulation, and the census results and discuss to what extent the tradition of redlining and other similar practices will reach before making the people realize what exposure to air pollution may be like. The analysis to be performed consists of a spatial analysis of freeze frames of PM2.5 concentration in 50 large cities in the United States from 2010 to 2023, and comparing the pollutants to the socioeconomic factors. Analyzing the data, one can notice that communities of color are at risk of PM 2.5 28 times in comparison to cubic-white communities. The paper is proposing policies to address these historical injustices of the environment, such as equitable expansion of surveillance networks, participative style, community orientation, and revisionary decisions

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ijsmr

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Education Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Mechanical Engineering Social Sciences

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International Journal of Scientific Multidisciplinary Research (IJSMR) is published by the Formosa Publisher. IJMS provides a supportive environment for multidisciplinary researchers to publish their contributions to the academy of knowledge and wisdom. The Focus of the journal is on ...