Environmental Injustice in the United States
Subtitle: Myths and Realities
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780813338187
Subjects: United States; Social justice; Environmental Studies; Sociology; Environmental Science; Sociology, Social Studies; Environmental justice; Political aspects
First sentence: An emerging body of literature, collected under the genres of environmental racism or environmental equity, argues that unbalanced proportions of environmental hazards are located in black, Hispanic, and poor communities (see, e.g., Mohai and Bryant, 1992; Bullard, 1990a, 1993a; Capek, 1993; Jordan, 1980; Szasz, 1994; United Church of Christ, 1987).