Spatial Justice Tests

- by Aaron Krei­der, Ener­gy Jus­tice Network 

One of the main goals of Ener­gy Jus­tice Net­work’s Jus­tice Map project is to demon­strate the role that income and race play in the sit­ing of dirty facil­i­ties. You can use Jus­tice Map (by click­ing on Advanced Mode) to ana­lyze the race and income of peo­ple who live with­in, say, 1 mile of a facil­i­ty and com­pare it to those who live further.

If you have a set of facil­i­ties (or any­thing else) that you want to ana­lyze, we have also cre­at­ed a Spa­tial Jus­tice Test. You can apply this test to our data set of pow­er plants, and answer ques­tions like “Who lives near oper­at­ing trash incin­er­a­tors?” Or you can use the test on your own data set.

We have just fin­ished our Guide to the Spa­tial Jus­tice Test. Run­ning the test is rel­a­tive­ly easy and does not require any back­ground in sta­tis­tics or GIS. We hope that you will run your own tests and share the results with us!