Title: Environmental justice
Subtitle: a reference handbook
First published: 1996
Description: Poor people, minorities, and citizens of developing nations bear the brunt of environmental hazards such as toxic waste dumps and air pollution. What should be done to change this inequitable situation lies at the heart of the movement for environmental justice.

This comprehensive, up-to-date handbook explains this important movement, along with the concurrent issues and controversies.

It provides a detailed chronology of key events in the development of the movement, including events associated with both the civil rights and environmental movements; biographical sketches of activists, legislators, scholars and others associated with the movement; legislation, court cases, and policy statements and recommendations; a directory of organizations; lists of print and nonprint resources; a glossary; and an index.
Subjects: Social aspects, Social aspects of Environmental justice, Civil rights, Distributive justice, Environmental justice, Environmental policy, Environmental law, Liability for environmental damages, Environmental racism, Justice distributive, Justice environnementale, Aspect social, SCIENCE, Environmental Science (see also Chemistry, Environmental), POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy