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Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada
Julian Agyeman
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Description for Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada
Paperback. This book showcases the work of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars who uphold environmental justice as the path to a more just, equitable, and sustainable Canada. Editor(s): Agyeman, Julian; Cole, Peter; Haluza-Delay, Randolph; O'Riley, Pat. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFF; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
The concept of environmental justice has evolved over the past two decades to offer a new direction for social movements, public policy, and public planning. Researchers worldwide now position social equity as a building block for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and the environmental aspects of sustainability has been little studied in Canada.
Speaking for Ourselves draws together scholars and activists — Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, established and new — who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice in specifically Canadian cases and contexts and from a variety of perspectives and concerns, including those of women and ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774816199
SKU
V9780774816199
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About Julian Agyeman
Julian Agyeman is a professor in and chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Peter Cole is an associate professor of Aboriginal and Northern Studies at the University College of the North. Randolph Haluza-DeLay is an assistant professor of sociology at King’s University College. Pat O’Riley is an associate professor in the Department ... Read more
Reviews for Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada
This collection is the first major examination of the multidimensionality of environmental equity and injustice in Canada. It should appeal to scholars across a wide range of disciplines in the social and environmental sciences, to activists, and to citizens who want to make Canadian society more just and sustainable.
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