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Environmental justice in America - A new paradigm

Auteur
Rhodes E.L.
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-073448)
Éditeur | Lieu de publication
Indiana University Press | Bloomington, IN, USA
ISBN
0-253-21774-1
Pages
263 p.
Type du document
Monographie/livre
Langue
Anglais
Pays/Territoire
États-Unis d'Amérique
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Accès-à-la-justice
Résumé

Contents: Part I: The dynamics of environmental justice 1. Introduction 2. Forms of environmental justice 3. What has gone before: Why race was not on the original environmental agenda 4. The evolution of environmental justice as a policy issue: A movement whose time has come 5. Misconceptions about minority attitudes toward environmental issues 6. The EPA: An agency with an attitude Part II: Policy analysis of environmental justice 7. Environmental justice through the lens of policy analysis: Why should government get involved? 8. The measurement of environmental justice: Some rules of engagement 9. A new way of looking at the same old numbers: Using data envelopment analysis to evaluate environmental quality Part III: A case, a summary, and some conclusions 10. A case of environmental justice: The disposal of hazardous material in Noxubee County, Mississippi 11. Policy directions and recommendations 12. Environmental justice: A new paradigm a time of change Appendix A: Principles of environmental justice