Not so Black and White: environmental justice and cumulative impact assessments

Krieg, Eric J.; Faber, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2004.06.008

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“…This paper also informs the environmental justice literature. That literature is typically concerned with analysing which household types are more affected by environmental pollution (Krieg & Faber, 2004;Levy et al, 2007). Instead, we focus on which household types are more responsible for environmental pollution.…”

Section: Socioeconomic Distribution Of Emissions and Resource Use In mentioning

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Socioeconomic distribution of emissions and resource use in Ireland

Lyons

Pentecost

Tol

2012

Journal of Environmental Management

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This paper uses the ESRI's ISus model to explore the distributional differences in emissions by household type. Most greenhouse gas and metal emissions are emitted via indirect means, although direct sources of emissions play a role for CO 2 , SO 2 and CO. The results suggest that the richest decile is the biggest emitter and poorer and larger households are seen to emit the least per person. ESRI working papers represent un-refereed work-in-progress by researchers who are solely responsible for the content and any views expressed therein. Any comments on these papers will be welcome and should be sent to the author(s) by email. Papers may be downloaded for personal use only.

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Section: Socioeconomic Distribution Of Emissions and Resource Use In mentioning

confidence: 99%

Socioeconomic distribution of emissions and resource use in Ireland

Lyons

Pentecost

Tol

2012

Journal of Environmental Management

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“…Environmental justice movements in the San Joaquin Valley, as elsewhere, have long advocated for environmental regulation that recognizes and intervenes in the co-production of environmental and social inequity and its influence on human health (Huang and London 2012b, Krieg and Faber 2004, Sadd et al 2011. To them, SB 375 offered clear benefits.…”

Section: Regional Dilemmas For Environmental Justice Movementsmentioning

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Environmental Justice and Regional Political Ecology converge in the other California

London

2016

Journal of Political Ecology

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This article illuminates the value of the concept of the region in political ecology and environmental justice studies by presenting three arguments about the role of regions in environmental justice social movements engaged in climate change mitigation in California's San Joaquin Valley. First, regional planning agencies and environmental justice advocates are engaged in conflicts over not only the content of regional climate change plans, but the very definitions of region and the authority used to put these regional visions into action. Second, regional organizing provides environmental justice movements with new opportunities to address regional economic patterns and to negotiate with regional planning agencies, both of which influence local manifestations of environmental injustice. Third, regional strategies raise significant dilemmas for these movements as they try to sustain engagement across extensive spatial territories and engage with a broad set of policy and economic protagonists. Together, this analysis demonstrates that a dynamic approach to regions, regionalism, and regionalization can assist political ecology and environmental justice scholars in their common aim of understanding the co-production of social and environmental inequity and collective action to change it.

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“…Several U.S. EJ studies suggest that there are serious environmental inequalities associated with income level [40,41], with the poor being exposed to more environmental pollution than the middle class. However, such inequalities do not appear to be the case with administrative units at the prefecture level in China.…”

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Environmental Inequality in China: A “Pyramid Model” and Nationwide Pilot Analysis of Prefectures with Sources of Industrial Pollution

Fang

Han

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Sustainability

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Abstract:In China, environmental pollution generated via industrialization as well as profound changes in the social structure and the gradual maturation of the social hierarchy have jointly contributed to the Chinese people's increased environmental consciousness and appeals for environmental justice (EJ). Because of the absence of an EJ theory and a lack of empirical research focused on China, this paper proposes a "Pyramid Model" for EJ research in China that includes the following three factors: basic demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, U.S.-based EJ principles, and Chinese characteristics. A nationwide pilot analysis of environmental inequality at the prefecture level is conducted by empirically examining the association between the demographic variables and socioeconomic status with sources of industrial pollution in China. The prefecture-based results are shown to be robust, and they indicate that areas inhabited by ethnic minorities and western regions of China carry disproportionate environmental burdens. However, a different picture for migrants is presented, revealing that Chinese migrants are not currently exposed to greater levels of industrial pollution. Relevant interpretations of these findings are provided. The results also show that environmental inequality associated with income level, which is observed in the U.S., does not occur in China.

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Not so Black and White: environmental justice and cumulative impact assessments

Cited by 71 publications

References 14 publications

Socioeconomic distribution of emissions and resource use in Ireland

Socioeconomic distribution of emissions and resource use in Ireland

Environmental Justice and Regional Political Ecology converge in the other California

Environmental Inequality in China: A “Pyramid Model” and Nationwide Pilot Analysis of Prefectures with Sources of Industrial Pollution

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