Topics discussed include poverty in Roma communities according to data from the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency, and the definition of environmental racism. Factors contributing to environmental racism against Romani people include structural injustice, economic disadvantage and adverse health outcomes...
From this perspective, Professor Foster evaluates the manner in which the phenomenon of environmental injustice is framed the efficacy of reforms in environmental decision-making processes, and the strategies and possibilities of grassroots efforts in achieving environmental justice. She argues that the ...
An industry that dumps chemical waste in a stream that runs through a neighborhood where people with lower incomes live is an example of social injustice. This scenario exemplifies environmental injustice, one of many different types of social injustice.What...
“we still had families that were living in FEMA trailers or living in the spare bedroom of somebody’s house or even living in their car. And it just hits you, the environmental injustice of the whole situation.”
(2017). The Legacy Effect: Understanding How Segregation and Environmental Injustice Unfold over Time in Baltimore. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(2), 524–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2017.1365585 Hicks BB, Callahan WJ, Hoekzema MA (2010) On the heat islands ...
Since the original goal of electricity long-distance transmission is to reduce misallocation, we therefore contribute to the literature by characterizing dark side of misallocation mitigation measures, that is, resulting in environmental injustice. Given our focus on the ELDT, we also contribute to ...
An incident in Bhopal, India, in 1984 prompted much debate about the need for uniform environmental standards and it brought a dire problem into the spotlight that had for years been ignored: environmental injustice. In Bhopal over 2,000 people died and nearly 250,000 others suffered lung and...
Climate change reveals a stark injustice as those who have contributed least to environmental degradation suffer the most. In a concerning trend, nearly 60 percent of the world's displaced find themselves in countries most vulnerable to the impact of climate change, such as Syria, the Democratic ...
INTRODUCTION The climate change and other environmental issues as pollution or CO2 emissions concern every- body in the society, and addressing this topic is essential for the development and well-being of the humanity. Other gas emissions may also be responsible of the global warming, as the ...
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