Environmental justice and just transition in Harris county, Texas: industrial burden, vulnerability, and policy pathways
テキサス州ハリス郡における環境正義と公正な移行：産業負担、脆弱性、政策経路 (AI 翻訳)
Bidemi Ayinde, Lucas Deshon, Waaiz Hussaini, Konstantinos Pappas, Jafaru M. Egieya, Efstratios Pistikopoulos
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本研究は、テキサス州ハリス郡を対象に、環境負荷と健康被害、ガバナンスの不平等、政策経路の交差を分析した。地理空間分析、統計モデル、PM2.5による健康影響推定、ステークホルダー分析、シナリオ比較を組み合わせ、不公正な制度が環境負荷を構造的に強化していることを示した。包括的な介入が長期的に高い純便益をもたらすとし、公正なエネルギー移行には統合的なガバナンス設計が不可欠だと結論づけている。
English
This study examines the intersection of environmental burdens, health risks, governance inequality, and policy pathways in Harris County, Texas, a major petrochemical and freight corridor. Using mixed methods including geospatial analysis, statistical modeling, PM2.5-based health impact estimation, stakeholder mapping, and scenario comparison, it finds that environmental burdens are structurally concentrated in vulnerable communities. The results indicate that integrated, equity-centered policy interventions yield greater long-term net benefits than incremental approaches, underscoring the need for a just energy transition.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本ではSSBJ開示や統合報告書で「公正な移行」への関心が高まりつつあるが、国内の石油化学コンビナート地域における環境正義の実証研究は少ない。本研究の方法論と政策含意は、日本の産業地域における移行政策や地域住民との対話設計に示唆を与える。
In the global GX context
As global disclosure frameworks (TCFD, ISSB) increasingly incorporate social aspects of transition, this empirical case offers evidence on how structural environmental injustice can undermine just transition goals. It provides a replicable mixed-methods framework for assessing local transition pathways and informing equity-centered climate policy in industrial regions worldwide.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Provides a mixed-methods framework (geospatial + statistical + scenario analysis) for empirically assessing environmental justice in energy transition contexts.
🏢実務担当者:Offers insights for industrial facility siting and community engagement strategies, though direct business application is limited.
🏛政策担当者:Delivers evidence that comprehensive, equity-centered interventions outperform incremental approaches in industrial regions, informing just transition policy design.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Abstract Harris County, Texas, provides a critical case for examining the intersection of environmental justice and the energy transition in a major industrial region. The county hosts one of the nation’s most concentrated petrochemical and freight corridors, alongside persistent patterns of racialized land use, uneven pollution exposure, and public health vulnerability. This study examines how environmental burdens, health risks, governance inequality, and policy pathways intersect in this context. Two hypotheses guide the analysis: (1) environmental injustice is structurally reinforced by unequal regulatory and spatial arrangements; and (2) integrated reform pathways produce stronger environmental, health, and economic outcomes than incremental or no-action approaches. A mixed-methods design combines geospatial analysis, statistical modeling, PM 2.5 -based health burden estimation, stakeholder mapping, and scenario-based policy comparison. Results show that environmental burdens are concentrated along the Houston Ship Channel and aligned with vulnerable communities, which experience higher estimated pollution-related mortality and morbidity. Predictive modeling identifies demographic vulnerability as a key structural driver. Stakeholder analysis reveals persistent procedural inequality, while economic comparisons show that comprehensive interventions yield greater long-term net benefits. The findings suggest that environmental inequality in Harris County is structurally embedded, and that a just energy transition requires integrated, equity-centered governance and policy design.
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