Urban environmental justice. Third Annual Stein Center Symposium on Contemporary Urban Challenges Autor various authors Título de serie Fordham Urban Law Journal | Vol. 21(3); 431 - 856; 427 p. Fecha 1994 Fuente IUCN (ID: ANA-054878) Editor | Lugar de publicación Fordham University School of Law | New York, NY, USA Idioma Inglés País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Materia Tierra y suelos Palabra clave Eliminación de desechos Terrenos urbanos Equidad Participación pública Resumen Contents: (1) Environmental burdens and democratic justice (2) City versus countryside: Environmental equity in context (3) The victims of NIMBY? (4) Environmental justice litigation: Another stone in David ' s sling (5) The question of risk: Incorporating community perceptions into environmental risk assessments (6) Race, gender, age, and disproportionate impact: What can we do about the failure to protect the most vulnerable? (7) Achieving environmental justice: The role of occupational health (8) Issues of classification in environmental equity: How we manage is how we measure (9) Communities of color and hazardous waste cleanup: Expanding public participation in the federal superfund program (10) Balancing the scales of environmental justice (11) Planning, power and politics: A case study of the land use and siting history of the North River water pollution control plant (12) The visible spectrum (13) Issues of community empowerment (14) Notes from the front line (15) Protecting endangered communities (16) Compensated siting proposals: Is it time to pay attention? (17) Environmental justice and sustainability: Is there a critical nexus in the case of waste disposal or treatmentt facility siting? (18) The meaning of urban environmental justice