LEADER 04554oam 22006374a 450 001 9910480165903321 005 20210625221050.0 010 $a1-4798-0515-7 024 7 $a10.18574/9781479805150 035 $a(CKB)3710000000107678 035 $a(EBL)1685764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001196341 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12528700 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001196341 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11167069 035 $a(PQKB)10343216 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1685764 035 $a(DE-B1597)548484 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781479805150 035 $a(OCoLC)879551064 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse87059 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000107678 100 $a20140510h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#---auauu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aToxic communities $eenvironmental racism, industrial pollution, and residential mobility /$fDorceta E. Taylor 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cNew York University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4798-6178-2 311 $a1-4798-5239-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tToxic exposure: landmark cases in the South and the rise of environmental justice activism --$tDisproportionate siting: claims of racism and discrimination --$tInternal colonialism: Native American communities in the West --$tMarket dynamics: residential mobility, or who moves and who stays --$tEnforcing environmental protections: the legal, regulatory, and administrative contexts --$tThe siting process: manipulation, environmental blackmail, and enticement --$tThe rise of racial zoning: residential segregation --$tThe rise of racially restrictive covenants: guarding against infiltration --$tRacializing blight: urban renewal, eminent domain, and expulsive zoning --$tContemporary housing discrimination: does it still happen? 330 $a"From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the 'paths of least resistance, ' there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, Toxic Communities examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed. Drawing on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country, Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is a link between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, Toxic Communities greatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States"--Provided by publisher. 606 $aDemocracy$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aHazardous waste sites$xLocation$zUnited States 606 $aHazardous waste sites$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental justice$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEnvironmental conditions$xSocial aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDemocracy$xSocial aspects 615 0$aHazardous waste sites$xLocation 615 0$aHazardous waste sites$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEnvironmental justice 676 $a363.72870973 700 $aTaylor$b Dorceta E.$0958130 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480165903321 996 $aToxic communities$92443260 997 $aUNINA