Description: Further DetailsTitle: Toxic CommunitiesCondition: NewEAN: 9781479861781ISBN: 9781479861781Publisher: New York University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/20/2014Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 658gAuthor: Dorceta TaylorLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential MobilityISBN-10: 1479861782Description: Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazardsFrom St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the ‘paths of least resistance,’ there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, Toxic Communities examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed.Drawing on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country, Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is alink between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, Toxic Communities greatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Toxic Communities
Title: Toxic Communities
EAN: 9781479861781
ISBN: 9781479861781
Release Date: 06/20/2014
Release Year: 2014
Subtitle: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobil
ISBN-10: 1479861782
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Toxic Communities : Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Discrimination & Race Relations, Sociology / General, Environmental / General
Item Weight: 23.2 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Dorceta Taylor
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
