Environmental inequalities beyond borders : local perspectives on global injustices / edited by JoAnn Carmin and Julian Agyeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carmin, JoAnn, editor.

Agyeman, Julian, editor.

Series:

Urban and industrial environments.

Urban and industrial environments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice.

Environmental degradation.

Globalization--Environmental aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; I Consumption and the Rise of Inequalities Beyond Borders; 2 Spatial Justice and Climate Change; 3 Learning from the Quest for Environmental Justice in the Niger River Delta; 4 Foreign Investment and Environmental Justice in an Island Economy; II The Amplification of Inequality through International Donors and Institutions; 5 Global Civil Society and the Distribution of Environmental Goods; 6 Environmental Justice, Values, and Biological Diversity; 7 Global Environmental Governance and Pathways for the Achievement of Environmental Justice

III Networked Responses to Global Inequality8 Governing and Contesting China's Oil Operations in the Global South; 9 Resisting Environmental Injustice through Sustainable Agriculture; 10 Going Beyond the State to Strengthen the Rule of Law; 11 Politics by Other Greens; IV Conclusion; 12 Reflections on Environmental Inequality Beyond Borders; About the Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786613119162

9780262294577

0262294575

9781283119160

1283119161

9780262295680

0262295687

OCLC:

727952135