Michigan State University Extension
Environmental Justice Database - 10169128
03/01/96
Matsuoka, M. (Spring-Summer) 1994 RACE, POVERTY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT 4-5 (4-1): 14-17.
Matsuoka examines the impact of base closures in the San Francisco Bay Area on the surrounding area. The purpose of the analysis is to focus on the intersection of militarization, the environment, and the low income, working class and communities of color and to designate the "flatland" region where these relationships are most evident. Mutsuoka contends that a thorough understanding of the socio-economic and environmental characteristics of the region is imperative in the successful military base conversion and toxic clean-up.