Struggling at the Borders of the City: Environmental Justice and Water Access in the Southern Zone of Cochabamba, Bolivia

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rocio Bustamante ◽  
Aurore Médieu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Southern Zone ◽  
The City

Introducing environmental-justice analysis into urban planning practices in the city of Bottrop, Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (0) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Kristina Ohlmeyer ◽  
Mathias Schaefer ◽  
Madeleine Kirstein ◽  
Dietwald Gruehn ◽  
Stefan Greiving
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Welfare Recipients ◽  
Weather Extremes ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
The City ◽  
Environmental Burdens

An analysis of the provision and accessibility of urban green infrastructure was carried out and combined with the spatial exposure of social-welfare recipients to noise, air pollution and weather extremes in the city of Bottrop, Germany. We found out that social-welfare recipients tend to live in areas where the exposure to multiple environmental burdens is higher compared to other statistical districts in the city. Ultimately, there is a real impact of our conceived indicators, since they were integrated into an obligatory ‘sustainability check’, which was adopted by the city assembly of Bottrop in June 2020.

scholarly journals Approach to Urban Environmental Justice Using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis. The Case of Valencia’s Monumental Trees

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7760
Author(s):  
Alfonso Gallego-Valadés ◽  
Francisco Ródenas-Rigla ◽  
Jorge Garcés-Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Urban Trees ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The City

Environmental justice has been a relevant object of analysis in recent decades. The generation of patterns in the spatial distribution of urban trees has been a widely addressed issue in the literature. However, the spatial distribution of monumental trees still constitutes an unknown object of study. The aim of this paper was to analyse the spatial distribution of the monumental-tree heritage in the city of Valencia, using Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA) methods, in relation to different population groups and to discuss some implications in terms of environmental justice, from the public-policy perspective. The results show that monumental trees are spatially concentrated in high-income neighbourhoods, and this fact represents an indicator of environmental inequality. This diagnosis can provide support for decision-making on this matter.

scholarly journals Wedging Equity and Environmental Justice into the Discourse on Sustainability

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-236
Author(s):  
Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Regional Planning ◽  
General Public ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Central Focus ◽  
Redistributive Policies ◽  
The City

This paper examines the problems and prospects for including meaningful indicators of intragenrational equity into the city based regional planning efforts unfolding around the globe. The central focus of the paper is on the challenges that environmental justice (EJ) activists face as they attempt to frame the problem of equity in ways that the general public would see as not only informative, but compelling. After reviewing examples of successful efforts to reframe debates about equity, the paper concludes with a discussion of a set of EJ concerns and indicators that have the greatest potential for capturing public attention and commitment despite mounting resistance to the use of redistributive policies in support of sustainability goals.

Urban Sustainability and the “Greening” of Neoliberal Chicago

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lorr
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
City Government ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
The City

Chapter abstract: This chapter addresses how the city government, related offices, non-profit organizations, and activists have attempted to shift Chicago’s urban development towards environmental sustainability. The chapter first, discusses what Chicago has accomplished, second, defines sustainability, third, outlines Chicago’s deficiencies in achieving its sustainability goals, and finally, presents alternative visions of sustainability rooted in resistance and activism. This chapter asks to what extent sustainable development in Chicago is influenced by its business-as-usual neoliberal context and to what extent it is influenced by alternative activist ideas of environmental justice.

Environmental Justice in the City? Challenges for Policy and Resource Allocation in Keeping the Streets Clean

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 741-761 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen Bramley ◽  
Nick Bailey ◽  
Annette Hastings ◽  
David Watkins ◽  
Rob Crowdace
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
The City

scholarly journals Assessment of Environmental Exposure Vulnerability in Toronto Public Housing: A GIS and Environmental Justice Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Slattery
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Public Housing ◽  
Environmental Exposure ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The Public ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Housing Research ◽  
Exposure Levels ◽  
The City

This paper explores environmental exposure levels across the city of Toronto, with a novel focus on Toronto public housing. Research has shown that environmental exposures are associated with negative effects on the health of populations. Using spatial and statistical methods, the objective of the research is to: (1) measure environmental exposures across the city of Toronto; (2) determine if public housing units are more vulnerable to environmental exposures and, (3) assess if environmental exposure can predict the location of public housing. The results of this study suggest that the public housing dissemination areas are within areas of higher vulnerability than other dissemination areas in Toronto. The population in public housing are disproportionately affected by environmental exposures and are at risk of the associated harmful health implications. This study provides spatial patterns of environmental exposure vulnerability across Toronto, in order to inform planning and revitalization of public housing developments in Toronto.

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