Longitudinal environmental justice analysis: Co-evolution of environmental quality and deprivation in England, 1960-2007

► Longitudinal analysis needed to understand how environmental inequalities develop. ► Four decades of environmental quality and social deprivation in England described. ► Environmental quality declines most for those of intermediate deprivation. ► Intermediate deprivation group enjoy greatest increase in car access. ► Reflections on compatibility of environmental protection and social justice.