ABSTRACT
Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked to questions of human equality and quality of life. Throughout the world, those segments of the population that have the least political power and are the most marginalized are selectively victimized by environmental crises. This book argues that social and environmental justice within and between nations should be an integral part of the policies and agreements that promote sustainable development. The book addresses the links between environmental quality and human equality and between sustainability and environmental justice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|64 pages
Some Theories and Concepts
chapter Chapter 3|17 pages
Inequality and Community and the Challenge to Modernization: Evidence from the Nuclear Oases
part 2|15 pages
Challenges
chapter Chapter 4|13 pages
Social Justice and Environmental Sustainability: Ne'er the Twain Shall Meet?
part 3|85 pages
Cities, Communities and Social and Environmental Justice
chapter Chapter 6|21 pages
Race, Politics and Pollution: Environmental Justice in the Mississippi River Chemical Corridor
part 4|153 pages
Selected Regional Perspectives on Sustainability and Environmental Justice