Environmental Justice

InEnvironmental Justice, leading thinkers of the environmental justice movement take a direct look at the failure of "top down" public policy to effectively deal with issues of environmental equity.The book provides a startling look at pressing social and environmental problems and charts a course for future action. Among the topics considered are: the history of the social justice movement the role of the professional in working with community groups methods of dealing with environmental problems at the international level participatory national policy for environmental education, energy, industrial development, and housing and sustainable development.Contributors include Robert Bullard, Deeohn Ferris, Tom B.K. Goldtooth, David Hahn-Baker, Beverly Wright, Ivette Perfecto, Patrick West, and others.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Issues and Potential Policies and Solutions for Environmental Justice: An Overview	p. 8
Environmental Justice and the Professional	p. 35
Health-Based Standards: What Role in Environmental Justice?	p. 45
Environmental Equity Justice Centers: A Response to Inequity	p. 57
Environmentalists and Environmental Justice Policy	p. 66
Residential Segregation and Urban Quality of Life	p. 76
The Net Impact of Environmental Protection on Jobs and the Economy	p. 86
Toward a New Industrial Policy	p. 107
Environmental Equity and Economic Policy: Expanding the Agenda of Reform	p. 115
Minorities and Toxic Fish Consumption: Implications for Point Discharge Policy in Michigan	p. 124
Indigenous Nations: Summary of Sovereignty and Its Implications for Environmental Protection	p. 138
Toward a Democratic Community of Communities: Creating a New Future with Agriculture and Rural America	p. 149
Sustainable Agriculture Embedded in a Global Sustainable Future: Agriculture in the United States and Cuba	p. 172
Rethinking International Environmental Policy in the Late Twentieth Century	p. 187
Summary	p. 208
Appendix 1: Executive Order 12898, February 11, 1994 Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations	p. 221
Appendix 2: Executive Summary of the Recommendations: from the Symposium on Health Research and Needs to Ensure Environmental Justice	p. 227
References	p. 235
Index	p. 269
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