Environmental justice in Latin America : problems, promise, and practice / / David V. Carruthers, editor

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.70098
• Soggetto topico: Environmental justice - Latin America; Environmental justice - Caribbean Area
• Soggetto non controllato: ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
• Altri autori: CarruthersDavid V
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Popular Environmentalism and Social Justice in Latin America; I Environmental Justice in Latin America? Global and Conceptual Challenges; 1 Tracing Race: Mapping Environmental Formations in Environmental Justice Research in Latin America; 2 Contesting Trade Politics in the Americas: The Politics of Environmental Justice; 3 Grassroots Reframing of Environmental Struggles in Brazil; II Industrial Development and Environmental Justice; 4 Environmental Conflicts and Environmental Justice in Argentina ; 5 Waste Practices and Politics: The Case of Oaxaca, Mexico6 Where Local Meets Global: Environmental Justice on the US-Mexico Border; 7 Environmental Justice in Mexico: The Peñoles Case; III Land, Resources, and Environmental Justice; 8 Ecotourism, Park Systems, and Environmental Justice in Latin America; 9 Environmental Justice and Agricultural Development in the Brazilian Cerrado; 10 Popular Protest and Unpopular Policies: State Restructuring, Resource Conflict, and Social Justice in Bolivia; 11 The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Vieques, Puerto Rico ; 12 Cultural Politics and the Essence of Life: Who Controls the Water?About the Contributors; Urban and Industrial Environments; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Issues of environmental justice form an important part of popular environmental movements in many countries. This work investigates the emergence of a distinctively Latin American environmental justice movement, offering analysis and case studies that exaime both the promise and the limits of the movement.
• Titolo autorizzato: Environmental justice in Latin America
• ISBN: 1-282-09941-8; 9786612099410; 0-262-26995-3; 1-4356-3305-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452163103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Urban and industrial environments.