Environmental justice : a very short introduction / Pamela Hill.

Author/creator Hill, Pamela, 1949- author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Descriptionxxii, 146 pages : illustrations and map present ; 17 cm.
Subjects
Environmental justice.

Physical mediumillustrations.
Physical mediummaps.
Physical mediumcharts.
Physical mediumphotographs.
SeriesA very short introduction
Very short introductions. ^A467935
Contents What is environmental justice? -- Environmental justice populations -- Causes of environmental injustice -- The environmental justice movement -- The role of government in the United States and in other countries -- Environmental justice as an international issue -- Climate justice -- Can there be environmental justice?
Abstract "This book examines what environmental justice is, the emergence of the environmental justice movement, governmental and international responses to environmental injustices, and the critical problem of climate justice. Environmental justice concerns the disproportionate environmental burdens suffered by underserved and marginalized people and the unfair distribution of environmental benefits to those with the influence and financial resources to enjoy them. It recognizes the responsibilities of empowered groups, large corporations, and industrialized countries to correct environmental harms, such as pollution and rising seas from climate change, that they have, unwittingly or not, inflicted on those who are less powerful. In the last several years this important idea has gained center stage globally: the UN, governments, nongovernmental organizations, and academia now regularly address it. Drawing on the latest scholarship and highlighting examples from around the world, the book identifies the many challenges to environmental justice and reflects on how we might achieve it. It explores root causes of environmental injustice such as racism, capitalism, and colonialism and suggests that environmental justice requires fundamental changes to our economic and governmental structures and to societal values that promote consumerism and profitmaking rather than the common good"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 129-140) and index.
General noteIllustrative content.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Hill, Pamela, 1949- Environmental justice New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2025] 9780197630150 9780197630136
LCCN 2025020984
ISBN9780197630136
ISBN0197630138
ISBNepub

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