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UNINA9910812727303321 |
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Environmental inequalities beyond borders : local perspectives on global injustices / / edited by JoAnn Carmin and Julian Agyeman |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29457-5 |
1-283-11916-1 |
9786613119162 |
0-262-29568-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (315 p.) |
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Collana |
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Urban and industrial environments |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Environmental justice |
Environmental degradation |
Globalization - Environmental aspects |
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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; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; I Consumption and the Rise of Inequalities Beyond Borders; 2 Spatial Justice and Climate Change; 3 Learning from the Quest for Environmental Justice in the Niger River Delta; 4 Foreign Investment and Environmental Justice in an Island Economy; II The Amplification of Inequality through International Donors and Institutions; 5 Global Civil Society and the Distribution of Environmental Goods; 6 Environmental Justice, Values, and Biological Diversity; 7 Global Environmental Governance and Pathways for the Achievement of Environmental Justice |
III Networked Responses to Global Inequality8 Governing and Contesting China's Oil Operations in the Global South; 9 Resisting Environmental Injustice through Sustainable Agriculture; 10 Going Beyond the State to Strengthen the Rule of Law; 11 Politics by Other Greens; IV Conclusion; 12 Reflections on Environmental Inequality Beyond Borders; About the Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental |
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