Not in My Backyard

Not in My Backyard
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2003
Genre: Environmental justice
ISBN:

Encyclopedia of Sustainability [3 volumes]

Encyclopedia of Sustainability [3 volumes]
Author: Robin Morris Collin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 891
Release: 2009-12-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0313352623

This three-volume encyclopedia explores the concept of sustainability in the contexts of the environment, economics, and justice. This expansive encyclopedia breaks new ground, giving definition and focus to an urgent and much-talked-about topic that is extraordinarily wide ranging and all too often misunderstood. As the first major reference work in its field, the three comprehensive volumes span the entire scope of sustainability from ecological concepts to financial concerns to public policy and community action, giving readers a solid foundation from which to think critically about efforts to make a more sustainable world. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability comprises three volumes, each dedicated to one of three equally important contexts in which the term is used: environment and ecology, business and economics, and equity and fairness. Each volume provides authoritative but accessible coverage of basic concepts and terms, as well as policy initiatives, controversies, and future trends. Volumes also include biographical sketches of important contributors to sustainability efforts from the scientific, economic, public policy, and activist realms, plus extensive listings of print and online resources for further exploration.

Power, Justice, and the Environment

Power, Justice, and the Environment
Author: David N. Pellow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Scholars and practitioners assess the tactics and strategies, rhetoric, organizational structure, and resource base of the environmental justice movement, gauging its successes and failures and future prospects.

Environmental Health

Environmental Health
Author: Howard Frumkin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1141
Release: 2010-01-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0470567783

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH The second edition of Environmental Health: From Global to Local, a comprehensive introductory text, offers an overview of the methodology and paradigms of this burgeoning field, ranging from ecology to epidemiology, from toxicology to environmental psychology, and from genetics to ethics. Expert contributors discuss the major issues in contemporary environmental health: air, water, food safety, occupational health, radiation, chemical and physical hazards, vector control, and injuries. Also emphasizing a wide variety of issues of global interest, the thoroughly revised second edition contains updated information on such timely topics as toxicology, exposure assessment, climate change, population pressure, developing nations and urbanization, energy production, building and community design, solid and hazardous waste, and disaster preparedness. In addition, each chapter of Environmental Health includes learning objectives, key points, and discussion questions. Praise for the first edition of Environmental Health "A classic textbook for the dynamic, evolving field of environmental health, thoughtful, well written, well balanced and referenced. An excellent overview of a multifaceted approach to environmental health." AOEC Newsletter (Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics) "With its many examples, clear explanations, and emphasis on big picture themes and relevance, it is an astonishingly interesting read." Global Public Health "The book's chapters contain highly pertinent insights and information on environmental issues that go beyond the usual boundaries of classic environmental health." Environmental Health Perspectives Winner, AAP Award for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing

Towards an Environmental Justice Collaborative Model an Evaluation of the Use of Partnerships to Address Environmental Justice Issues in Communities Evaluation Report January 2003

Towards an Environmental Justice Collaborative Model an Evaluation of the Use of Partnerships to Address Environmental Justice Issues in Communities Evaluation Report January 2003
Author: United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2018-07-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781722307899

Towards an Environmental Justice Collaborative Model An Evaluation of the Use of Partnerships to Address Environmental Justice Issues in Communities Evaluation Report January 2003

Regional Equity

Regional Equity
Author: Victor Rubin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317292995

Regional equity as a field of scholarship, as an arena of policy change, and as a social movement has grown, diversified, and matured in important ways over the past decade. The fruits of that growth and development can be seen in recent federal and state policies, in the practices of many regional planning organizations, and in the agendas and approaches of countless community-based organizations and issue advocacy groups. As the field has expanded, a growing number of researchers have been tracking these phenomena: explaining how and why concepts of metropolitan development are being reframed; documenting the efforts to shape policies and diversify leadership; assessing where and how equity and social justice concerns have been brought into regional planning for transportation, land use, housing, public finances, environmental quality, smart growth, sustainable development, public health and other issue areas. This volume brings together analyses and commentary by some of the leading scholarly observers these timely developments. This book was published as a special issue of Community Development.

50 Years of Community Development Vol II

50 Years of Community Development Vol II
Author: Norman Walzer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2021-05-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000208737

This 50th anniversary publication provides a comprehensive history of community development. Beginning in 1970 with the advent of the Community Development Society and its journal shortly thereafter, Community Development, the editors have placed the chapters in major themed areas or issues pertinent to both research and practice of community development. The evolution of community development as an area of scholarship and application, and the subsequent founding of the discipline, is vital to capture. At the 50-year mark, it is particularly relevant to revisit issues that reoccur throughout the last five decades and look at approaches to addressing them. These include issues and themes around equity and inclusion, collective impact, leadership and policy development, as well as resilience and sustainability. Community change over time has much to teach us, and this set will provide a foundation for fostering understanding of the history of community development and its focus on community change. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal Community Development.