Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: August 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780814707111
Subjects: Social impact of environmental issues; Sustainability; Science/Mathematics; General; Science; Environmental Studies; Sociology - General; Environmental Science; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; CITY PLANNING; Political Science / City Planning & Urban Development; SOCIOLOGY; Environmental justice; Sustainable development
First sentence: The relationship between environmental justice and sustainability groups has traditionally been uneasy.
Description: Popularized in the movies Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action, "environmental justice" refers to any local response to a threat against community health. In this book, Julian Agyeman argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible in practical ways. Yet sustainability, which focuses on meeting our needs today while not compromising the ability of our successors to meet their needs, has not always partnered with the challenges of environmental justice. Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice explores the ideological differences between these two groups and shows how they can work together. Agyeman provides concrete examples of potential model organizations that employ the types of strategies he advocates. This book is vital to the efforts of community organizers, policymakers, and everyone interested in a better environment and community health.