Holifield / Porter / Walker Spaces of Environmental Justice

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-9944-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Antipode Book Series

In this cutting-edge volume, leading scholars examine a diverserange of environmental inequalities from around the world.
* Shows how far the field has moved beyond its original focus onuneven distributions of pollution in the USA
* Considers the influence of critical geographical and socialtheory on environmental justice studies
* Examines a range of possibilities for future researchdirections
* Explores the challenges of investigating and pursuingenvironmental justice at a time of rapid economic and environmentalchange

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holifield, Ryan

Porter, Michael

Walker, Gordon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Introduction.
1. Spaces of Environmental Justice: Frameworks for CriticalEngagement (Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee;Michael Porter, City University of New York Graduate Centre; andGordon Walker, Lancaster University).
Part I: Frameworks for Critical Environmental JusticeResearch.
1. Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the MultipleSpatialities of Environmental Justice (Gordon Walker, LancasterUniversity).
2. Actor-Network Theory as a Critical Approach to EnvironmentalJustice: A Case against Synthesis with Urban Political Ecology(Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee).
3. Gendered Geographies of Environmental Justice (SusanBuckingham and Rakibe Kulcur both Brunel University).
4. Acknowledging the Racial State: An Agenda for EnvironmentalJustice Research (Hilda Kurtz, University of Georgia).
Part II: Spaces for Critical Environmental JusticeResearch.
5. Digging Deep for Justice: A Radical Re-Imagination of theArtisanal Gold Mining Sector in Ghana (Petra Tschakert, ThePennsylvania State University).
6. Benevolent and Benign? Using Environmental Justice toInvestigate Waste-Related Impacts of Ecotourism in DestinationCommunities (Zoë A. Meletis, University of Northern BritishColumbia and Lisa M. Campbell, Duke University).
7. Assembling Justice Spaces: The Scalar Politics ofEnvironmental Justice in North-East England (Karen Bickerstaff,Durham University and Julian Agyeman, Tufts University).
8. Defining and Contesting Environmental Justice: Socio-Naturesand the Politics of Scale in the Delta (Julie Sze, JonathanLondon, Fraser Shilling, Gerardo Gambirazzio, Trina Filan, and MaryCadenasso all University of California-Davis).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Ryan Holifield is an assistant professor in the Departmentof Geography at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Hisresearch focuses on the nexus between social justice and urbansustainability, with a particular interest in dimensions ofenvironmental justice and injustice in the process of hazardouswaste site remediation and risk assessment.
Michael Porter is a doctoral candidate in the Departmentof Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Graduate Center of theCity University of New York. His research explores the discoursesof brownfields and environmental justice in the context of urbansocio-spatial change.
Gordon Walker is Chair of Environment, Risk and Justicein the Geography Division, Lancaster Environment Centre atLancaster University, UK. His research focuses on the social andspatial dimensions of environmental and risk issues. He hasinvestigated patterns of various forms of environmental inequalityin the UK (air quality, flood risk, waste, green space) andexplored the meanings and geographies of environmental justice indifferent settings. Current research is focusing on the social andjustice dimensions of energy technologies and climate changeadaptation and mitigation.