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Racial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I. Foundations
Chapter 2 Decision Making
Chapter 3 Environmental Justice: A National Priority
Chapter 4 Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice
Chapter 5 Just Garbage
Part 6 Part II. Racism in North America
Chapter 7 Africville: Environmental Racism
Chapter 8 Evanston Community and Environmental Racism: A Case Study in Social Philosophy
Chapter 9 The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI
Chapter 10 Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study
Part 11 Part III. Racism in Africa
Chapter 12 The Political Economy of the African Environment
Chapter 13 Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism
Chapter 14 South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women

Product details

Published Oct 03 1995
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 300
ISBN 9780847680450
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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