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Environment and Social Justice
Dorceta E. . Ed(S): Taylor
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Description for Environment and Social Justice
Hardback. The environmental justice movement, an organized social and political force in America in the '80s, is a global phenomenon today as activists worldwide try to understand the relationship between environment, race/ethnicity and social inequality. This volume examines domestic and international environmental issues. Editor(s): Taylor, Dorceta E. Series Editor(s): Youn, Ted I. K. Series: Research in Social Problems and Public Policy. Num Pages: 504 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JPA; RN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 41. Weight in Grams: 880.
This volume examines domestic and international environmental issues from an environmental justice perspective. The book is a compilation of original research articles and is divided into six parts. Articles in Part I focus on urban environmental issues and sustainability including Central Park's influence on historical and contemporary models of funding public parks, London's community-based efforts to deliver affordable fresh food to the poor and the relationship between sustainable living, green consumption and social justice concerns in an ecovillage in New York. Part II concentrates on water resources and the hazards of toxic fish consumption. Part III features food security, agriculture ... Read more
This volume examines domestic and international environmental issues from an environmental justice perspective. The book is a compilation of original research articles and is divided into six parts. Articles in Part I focus on urban environmental issues and sustainability including Central Park's influence on historical and contemporary models of funding public parks, London's community-based efforts to deliver affordable fresh food to the poor and the relationship between sustainable living, green consumption and social justice concerns in an ecovillage in New York. Part II concentrates on water resources and the hazards of toxic fish consumption. Part III features food security, agriculture ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
Series
Research in Social Problems and Public Policy
Number of Pages
504
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857241832
SKU
V9780857241832
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Ref
99-15
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