Environmental Justice And Resiliency In An Age Of Uncertainty

Author : Celeste Murphy-Greene
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000590852
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Justice and Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty written by Celeste Murphy-Greene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the issue of environmental justice across 11short chapters, with the aim of creating a resilient society. Starting with a history of the environmental justice movement, the book then moves on to focus on various current environmental issues, analyzing how these issues impact low-income and minority communities. Topics covered include smart cities and environmental justice, climate change and health equity, the Flint Water Crisis, coastal resilience, emergency management, energy justice, procurement and contract management, public works projects, and the impact of COVID-19. Each chapter provides a unique perspective on the issues covered, offering practical strategies to create a more resilient society that can be applied by practitioners in the field. Environmental Justice and Resiliency in an Age of Uncertainty will be of interest to upper level undergraduate and graduate students studying race relations, environmental politics and policy, sustainability, and social justice. It will also appeal to practitioners working at all levels of government, and anyone with an interest in environmental issues, racial justice, and the construction of resilient communities.

Author : Beth Schaefer Caniglia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317311884
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resilience, Environmental Justice and the City written by Beth Schaefer Caniglia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban centres are bastions of inequalities, where poverty, marginalization, segregation and health insecurity are magnified. Minorities and the poor – often residing in neighbourhoods characterized by degraded infrastructures, food and job insecurity, limited access to transport and health care, and other inadequate public services – are inherently vulnerable, especially at risk in times of shock or change as they lack the option to avoid, mitigate and adapt to threats. Offering both theoretical and practical approaches, this book proposes critical perspectives and an interdisciplinary lens on urban inequalities in light of individual, group, community and system vulnerabilities and resilience. Touching upon current research trends in food justice, environmental injustice through socio-spatial tactics and solution-based approaches towards urban community resilience, Resilience, Environmental Justice and the City promotes perspectives which transition away from the traditional discussions surrounding environmental justice and pinpoints the need to address urban social inequalities beyond the build environment, championing approaches that help embed social vulnerabilities and resilience in urban planning. With its methodological and dynamic approach to the intertwined nature of resilience and environmental justice in urban cities, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners within urban studies, environmental management, environmental sociology and public administration.

Author : Cenk Tan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1666923494
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eco-Concepts written by Cenk Tan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-04-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eco-Concepts: Critical Reflections in Emerging Ecocritical Theory and Ecological Thought offers an intellectual journey through the ever-evolving landscapes of environmental discourse. This thought-provoking volume brings together contributors from international scholarship to scrutinize and illuminate the contemporary trends reshaping our understanding of the natural environment. From the intricate interplay of rising ecocritical theories like restoration and empirical ecocriticism to the nuanced shifts in the reimagining of ecological concepts, this book unravels the complexities of our relationship with the natural sphere. This scholarly collection serves as a compass, guiding readers through the uncharted territories of environmental scholarship or revisiting existing study through fresh critical perspectives. Eco-Concepts strives to become an essential source of reference for academics, students, and individuals seeking an in-depth exploration of the innovative notions influencing the trajectory of discussions on ecology.

Author : Bridget M. Hutter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785363808
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law written by Bridget M. Hutter and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book considers how the law has adapted to the environmental challenges of the 21st Century and the ways in which it might be used to cope with environmental risks and uncertainties whilst promoting resilience and greater equality. These issues are considered in social context by contributors from different disciplines who examine some of the experiments tried in different parts of the world to govern the environment, improve the available legal tools and give voice to more diverse groups.

Author : Adriana Allen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137473541
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South written by Adriana Allen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume provides a fresh perspective on the important yet often neglected relationship between environmental justice and urban resilience. Many scholars have argued that resilient cities are more just cities. But what if the process of increasing the resilience of the city as a whole happens at the expense of the rights of certain groups? If urban resilience focuses on the degree to which cities are able to reorganise in creative ways and adapt to shocks, do pervasive inequalities in access to environmental services have an effect on this ability? This book brings together an interdisciplinary and intergeneration group of scholars to examine the contradictions and tensions that develop as they play out in cities of the Global South through a series of empirically grounded case studies spanning cities of Asia, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Author : Pedro Henrique Campello Torres
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030816222
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards a just climate change resilience written by Pedro Henrique Campello Torres and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-27 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an accessible overview of how efforts to combat climate change and social inequalities should be tackled simultaneously. In the context of the climate emergency, the impacts of extreme events can already be felt around the world. The book centres on five case studies from the Global South, Latin America, Pacific Islands, Africa, and Asia with each one focused on climate justice, resilience, and community responses towards a just transition. The book will be an invaluable reference for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in environmental studies, urban planning, geography, social science, international development, and disciplines that focus on the social dimensions of climate change.

Author : Julie Sze
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520971981
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger written by Julie Sze and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Let this book immerse you in the many worlds of environmental justice.”—Naomi Klein We are living in a precarious environmental and political moment. In the United States and in the world, environmental injustices have manifested across racial and class divides in devastatingly disproportionate ways. What does this moment of danger mean for the environment and for justice? What can we learn from environmental justice struggles? Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger examines mobilizations and movements, from protests at Standing Rock to activism in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Environmental justice movements fight, survive, love, and create in the face of violence that challenges the conditions of life itself. Exploring dispossession, deregulation, privatization, and inequality, this book is the essential primer on environmental justice, packed with cautiously hopeful stories for the future.

Author : William M. Bowen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135578141
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Environmental Justice Through Research-Based Decision-Making written by William M. Bowen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses whether and to what extent there are widespread injustices and inequities caused by the distribution of environmental hazards in America today.

Author : Brian Walker
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 1486310796
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Resilience written by Brian Walker and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience. But what does that mean? The word is used differently in psychology, ecology, economics and engineering and runs the risk of becoming meaningless jargon. This would be most unfortunate because, if we are to successfully navigate very real and dangerous global trends, it is resilience that needs to be understood and fostered. Finding Resilience is international in scope and unravels how ecosystems, societies and people cope with disturbance and adversity. An authoritative but plain English account which is based on the experiences of researchers, the fascinating stories from around the world reveal what resilience is, how it works in different kinds of systems, how it is expressed, and how it can be gained and lost.

Author : Julie Sze
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 147987034X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability written by Julie Sze and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical resource for approaching sustainability across the disciplines Sustainability and social justice remain elusive even though each is unattainable without the other. Across the industrialized West and the Global South, unsustainable practices and social inequities exacerbate one another. How do social justice and sustainability connect? What does sustainability mean and, most importantly, how can we achieve it with justice? This volume tackles these questions, placing social justice and interdisciplinary approaches at the center of efforts for a more sustainable world. Contributors present empirical case studies that illustrate how sustainability can take place without contributing to social inequality. From indigenous land rights, climate conflict, militarization and urban drought resilience, the book offers examples of ways in which sustainability and social justice strengthen one another. Through an understanding of history, diverse cultural traditions, and complexity in relation to race, class, and gender, this volume demonstrates ways in which sustainability can help to shape better and more robust solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Blending methods from the humanities, environmental sciences and the humanistic social sciences, this book offers an essential guide for the next generation of global citizens.