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UNINA9910812040003321 |
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Autore |
Newton David E |
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Titolo |
Environmental justice : a reference handbook / / David E. Newton |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , c2009 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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979-84-00-64691-1 |
1-84972-882-8 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (329 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary world issues |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civil rights |
Distributive justice |
Environmental justice - Social aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""1 Background and History""; ""Warren County, North Carolina: September 15, 1982""; ""Environmental Inequities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice""; ""Examples of Environmental Inequities""; ""West Dallas, Texas""; ""Churchrock, New Mexico""; """"Cancer Alley""""; ""Pesticide Exposure""; ""Consumption of Toxic Fish from the Detroit River""; ""Proposed Select Steel Corporation Plant (Flint, Michigan)""; ""Sweet Valley and Cobb Town, Alabama""; ""West Harlem Environmental Action and Diesel Buses"" |
""Southern Nuclear Operating Company""""Environmental Justice: Environmentalism and Civil Rights""; ""The Modern Environmental Movement""; ""The Civil Rights Movement""; ""Environmental Justice Comes of Age""; ""The Commission on Racial Justice of the United Church of Christ""; ""The Michigan Conference""; ""Governmental Recognition in the 1990s""; ""First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit""; ""Environmental Justice as a Social Movement""; ""Growth and Challenges""; ""References""; ""2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions"" |
""Do Environmental Inequities Actually Exist?""""Progress and Environmental Degradation""; ""NIMBY, PIBBY, and LULUs""; ""Concerns |
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about Environmental Issues among People of Color""; ""Access to Tools of Protest""; ""Job Blackmail""; ""The Effects of Environmental Regulations""; ""Environmental Inequities: By Chance or By Choice?""; ""The Legal Question of ""Intent"" in Environmental Inequities""; ""Responding to Environmental Inequities""; ""The Current Status of the Environmental Justice Movement in the United States""; ""Environmental Inequities Exist"" |
""Federal, State, Regional, and Local Governmental Agencies Have a Responsibility to Find, Study, and Deal with Cases of Environmental Inequities""""The Federal Government Has Not Been a Strong Advocate for Environmental Justice""; ""Complaints Filed with the EPA Have Not Been an Effective Means of Dealing with Environmental Inequities""; ""Environmental Justice Advocates Have Largely Failed to Obtain Redress from Inequities through the Judicial System""; ""The U.S. Congress Has Failed to Take Action on Basic Environmental Justice Legislation"" |
""Environmental Justice Activists Have Learned to Use a Combination of Tools for Achieving Their Goals""""References""; ""3 Worldwide Perspective""; ""Environmental Inequities Worldwide""; ""Mineral Extraction in Papua New Guinea""; ""Environmental Discrimination against the Roma in Central Europe""; ""Ecotourism and the Maasai""; ""The Bakun Hydroelectric Project in Sarawak""; ""Thor Chemicals and Mercury ""Recycling""""; ""The Voyage of the Khian Sea""; ""A Background for the Transboundary Dumping of Hazardous Wastes""; ""The Basel Convention""; ""Other Treaties and Bans"" |
""Environmental Justice and Climate Change"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Building on the original edition's focus on the link between social inequalities and the uneven distribution of environmental hazards in the air, water, and soil, Environmental Justice: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition presents a contemporary look at the convergence of the environmental movement and civil rights activism. Environmental Justice, Second Edition follows the rise and maturation of the movement focused on environmental racism, describes solutions that have been implemented, and examines issues that remain unresolved. The book offers a wealth of new data and information, par |
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