Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice
Book description
Argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible
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…
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1 author picked Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is another favourite book of mine because it rigorously shows communities' environmental inequalities. Agyeman identifies the critical problems of local communities regarding environmental inequalities by reviewing a series of small cases and one larger case in the US.
I like Agyeman’s reviews of these cases because they allow readers to draw valuable lessons and inspire ideas for re-interpreting environmental injustices in different localities. I also like the methodology of the book, which can be used in different localities as an approach to measuring environmental justice.
By defining performance, outcome, and accountability indicators, Agyeman helps us to measure progress toward…
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