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Navigating the Landscape: The Nature of Environmental Injustice
Journal of Peacebuilding & Development, 2006The management of natural resources occurs within a dynamic political environment. A fundamental tenet of this management is the asymmetry of the cost-benefit paradigm, especially as people on the periphery experience costs disproportionately. This asymmetry has transformed the environment into a social construct underpinned by opposing narratives ...
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Capitalizing on Environmental Injustice
2008Capitalizing on Environmental Injusticeprovides a comprehensive overview of the achievements and challenges confronting the environmental justice movement. Pressured by increased international competition and the demand for higher profits, industrial and political leaders are working to weaken many of America's most essential environmental ...
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Environmental Injustices, Political Struggles
1998In the United States, few issues are more socially divisive than the location of hazardous waste facilities and other environmentally harmful enterprises. Do the negative impacts of such polluters fall disproportionately on African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian Americans?
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Social injustice in environmental health: A call for fortitude
Environmental Research, 2021Michael Aschner +2 more
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Causes of environmental injustice
Abstract This chapter explores the root causes of environmental injustice, focusing on capitalism, colonialism, racism, and poverty. Concerning capitalism, it explains the relationship between profit-making and environmental injustices, including the capitalist need for raw materials, weak environmental laws, and cheap labor to power ...openaire +1 more source
Urban-rural exploitation: An underappreciated dimension of environmental injustice
Journal of Rural Studies, 2016Kaitlin Kelly-Reif
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Environmental injustice and air pollution in coal affected communities, Hunter Valley, Australia
Health and Place, 2010Linda Connor, Glenn Albrecht
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