Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice / / Julian Agyeman.

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 susta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]
©2005
Year of Publication:2005
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Environmental Justice
  • 2. The Sustainability Discourse and Sustainable Communities
  • 3. Just Sustainability in Theory
  • 4. Just Sustainability in Practice
  • 5. Alternatives for Community and Environment
  • 6. From Confrontation to Implementation
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author