Environmental justice in interdisciplinary perspective

Geographies of Justice Interdisciplinary Symposium

The Geographies of Justice symposium is intended to facilitate interactions between scholars and policymakers from various backgrounds to examine new directions in social and environmental justice. Traditionally focused upon differential exposure to environmental hazards, the concept of justice is experiencing a renaissance with emerging interest in topics such as race, gender, ethnicity and se...

"Environmental Justice"

Environmental justice in action.

Background: Congenital talipes equinovarus (CTEV) is a common developmental disorder of the foot, affecting between 1 and 4.5 per 1000 live births. The aetiology is not well elucidated. While both genetic and environmental factors are implicated, no specific genes have been identified and little is known about environmental risk factors. Methods: We conducted a case-control study of idiopathic ...

Environmental Justice

Nature is reacting to the activities of modern society in unique and largely unexpected ways. The spread of acidified rain to every continent, a worldwide decline of forested lands, and the ubiquitous presence of persistent organic pollutants due to industrial experiments in biochemistry suggest that the contemporary naturesociety relation includes phenomena unlike any that were previously know...

Environmental health literacy in support of social action: an environmental justice perspective.

Different demographic groups in the U.S. experience unequal exposures to environmental hazards, i.e., 56% of the population in neighborhoods containing commercial waste facilities are people of color, with the associated poverty rates in those communities being 50% higher than in neighborhoods without commercial waste facilities. Developing programs to educate communities about environmental ha...