Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism: An Annotated Bibliography and General Overview, Focusing on U.S. Literature, 1996-2002

Robin L. Turner, Diana Pei Wu

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    Abstract

    We review the literature published in academic, non-law journals on environmental justice and environmental racism, focusing on the literature relevant to the environmental justice movement in the United States. In the overview we define major concepts: environment, justice, race and racism. We discuss major trends in the literature and in the movement and current issues and debates, including risk assessment, GIS mapping, and community-based research and campaigns. Annotations are provided for over 100 publications. We also include a table of GIS based studies and findings, a list of publications and dissertations not summarized, and a list of special issues and classic texts on environmental justice.

    Original languageAmerican English
    JournalScholarship and Professional Work - LAS
    StatePublished - Jan 1 2002

    Keywords

    • environmental law
    • environmental policy
    • ethnicity
    • governance and politics
    • minorities
    • racism
    • social movements

    Disciplines

    • Political Science

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