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Environmental justice in America : a new paradigm /

Rhodes examines the issue of environmental justice as a public policy concern and suggests the use of a new methodology in its evaluation. Rather than argue the merits of growth versus environmental protection, he makes the case that race and class were not major concerns of environmental policy unt...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rhodes, Edwardo Lao, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The dynamics of environmental justice
  • Introduction
  • Forms of environmental justice
  • What has gone before: why race was not on the original environmental agenda
  • The evolution of environmental justice as a policy issue: a movement whose time has come
  • Misconceptions about minority attitudes toward environmental issues
  • - The EPA: an agency with an attitude
  • pt. 2. Policy analysis of environmental justice
  • Environmental justice though the lens of policy analysis: why should government get involved?
  • The measurement of environmental justice: some rules of engagement
  • A new way of looking at the same old numbers: using data envelopment analysis to evaluate environmental quality
  • pt. 3. A case, a summary, and some conclusions
  • A case of environmental justice: the disposal of hazardous material in Noxubee County, Mississippi
  • Policy directions and recommendations
  • Environmental justice: a new paradigm, a time of change
  • Appendix: Principles of Environmental Justice.