When talking about the natural landscape/environment here so far (i.e. environmental justice, environmental planning, identity, and motivation to care about the natural environment), where and what is the “future”? When I think of “our future environment” my mind immediately jumps to spaceship oxygen gardens.But, unfortunately the majority of earthlings do not have spaceship access, much […]
Filed under: gardens, future, observations and opinions on June 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
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What is the difference between environmental racism, justice and equity? The former is the deliberate targeting of certain groups for siting of undesirable land uses which leads to disproportionate hazard exposures to those groups (Bryant 1995). Environmental justice requires that everyone have access to safe and clean neighborhoods, adequate jobs, quality schools, and […]
Filed under: social justice on June 2nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This play on words, Scales of Environmental Justice, as introduced to me by Cindi Katz, points to two ways we can think about and study environmental justice.
In GIS research (and others which emphasize horizontal geography) scale can refer to the scale of analysis used in a study and the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of populations […]
Filed under: natural landscape, social justice, environmental planning on June 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
