Environmental Justice in the New Millennium [electronic resource] : Global Perspectives on Race, Ethnicity, and Human Rights /
Steady, F.author.
Environmental Justice is one of the most important human rights challenges today. It refers to inequitable environmental burdens born by groups such as racial minorities, residents of economically disadvantaged areas, or residents of developing nations. This book explores this subject with case studies from various parts of the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Linking History, Theory, and Praxis: Race, Place, and Human Rights; Part II: Case Studies: Brazil, Jamaica, Nigeria, Guinea, South Africa, India, and the United Kingdom; Part III: Hurricane Katrina: Implications for Human Rights and Civil Rights; Notes on Contributors; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Environmental Justice is one of the most important human rights challenges today. It refers to inequitable environmental burdens born by groups such as racial minorities, residents of economically disadvantaged areas, or residents of developing nations. This book explores this subject with case studies from various parts of the world.
Environmental sociology.
Ethnology-Africa.
Environmental sciences.
Social justice.
Environmental Sociology.
African Culture.
Sociology, general.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Environment, general.
Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.