Equity and the environment /

Other Authors: Freudenburg, William R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Research in social problems and public policy, v. 15
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=214735
Table of Contents:
  • Equity and the environment: a pressing need and a new step forward / William R. Freudenburg and Robert C. Wilkinson
  • Equity and the environmental justice debate / Paul Mohai
  • Equity, unnatural man-made disasters, and race: why environmental justice matters / Robert D. Bullard
  • Diversity and the environment: myth-making and the status of minorities in the field / Dorceta E. Taylor
  • Extending the reach of ecofeminism: a framework of social science and natural science careers / Anne Statham and Christine Evans
  • In the shade of affluence: the inequitable distribution of the urban heat island / Sharon L. Harlan, Anthony J. Brazel, G. Darrel Jenerette, Nancy S. Jones, Larissa Larsen, Lela Prashad and William L. Stefanov
  • Equity, vulnerability and resilience in social-ecological systems: a contemporary example from the Russian Arctic / Bruce C. Forbes
  • Inequality in the creation of environmental harm: looking for answers from within / Lisa M. Berry
  • Is inequality bad for the environment? / James K. Boyce.