scholarly journals Social and Environmental Justice in Waterfront Redevelopment: The Anacostia River, Washington, D.C.

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1779-1810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nufar Avni ◽  
Raphaël Fischler
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Anacostia River ◽  
Vision Statements ◽  
Waterfront Redevelopment

Waterfront redevelopment projects have often been criticized for prioritizing attractive skylines and glittering facades over the needs of local communities. Recently, however, they have increasingly seen goals of social and environmental justice integrated into their vision statements. This article focuses on the redevelopment of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. Since the early 2000s, the formerly neglected and contaminated river has been at the center of extensive regeneration efforts through the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative (AWI). We examine to what extent the AWI has helped to overcome inequities between the two disparate sides of the river. To answer this question, we build on interviews, analysis of planning documents, and site visits. Examining efforts toward both social and environmental justice, we show the convergence of the two but also the contradictions that arise between them. The findings suggest that employing a joint social and environmental justice approach to analyze waterfront redevelopments is important to reveal these tensions.

An Environmental Justice Analysis of British Air Quality

2003 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 909-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Mitchell ◽  
Danny Dorling
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Car Ownership ◽  
National Study ◽  
Environmental Injustice ◽  
The Usa ◽  
History Of

This paper presents the results of the first national study of air quality in Britain to consider the implications of its distribution across over ten thousand local communities in terms of potential environmental injustice. We consider the recent history of the environmental justice debate in Britain, Europe, and the USA and, in the light of this, estimate how one aspect of air pollution, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels, affects different population groups differentially across Britain. We also estimate the extent to which people living in each community in Britain contribute towards this pollution, with the aid of information on the characteristics of the vehicles they own. We find that, although community NO x emission and ambient NO2 concentration are strongly related, the communities that have access to fewest cars tend to suffer from the highest levels of air pollution, whereas those in which car ownership is greatest enjoy the cleanest air. Pollution is most concentrated in areas where young children and their parents are more likely to live and least concentrated in areas to which the elderly tend to migrate. Those communities that are most polluted and which also emit the least pollution tend to be amongst the poorest in Britain. There is therefore evidence of environmental injustice in the distribution and production of poor air quality in Britain. However, the spatial distribution of those who produce and receive most of that pollution have to be considered simultaneously to see this injustice clearly.

scholarly journals Symbolic consultation and cultural simplification in the establishment of an Indonesian national park and its impacts on local livelihoods

2021 ◽  
pp. 494-505
Author(s):  
Mei Meilani ◽  
Wahyu Andayani ◽  
Lies Rahayu Wijayanti Faida ◽  
Fitria Dewi Susanti ◽  
Rodd Myers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
National Park ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Livelihood Strategies ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Diverse Cultures

This paper analyzes the processes by which the Sebangau National Park in Central Kalimantan (Indonesia) was established, along with the management activities implemented and the impacts of such activities on local communities. Employing an environmental justice lens, which revolved around procedural, recognition, and distribution issues, we found that local communities were not adequately consulted or involved in the establishment and management of the national park. Furthermore, approaches to mitigate the adverse impacts failed to fully consider the diverse cultures and customs with different livelihood strategies surrounding the park. The research also found that the options made available for local livelihoods were limited and did not meet specific needs and demands of certain ethnic groups. Overall, the transformation of the Sebangau production forest into a conservation area significantly disrupted local livelihoods and led to pronounced adverse economic, social, and cultural impacts. Thus, adequate attention to environmental justice must be made if park authorities are to improve the social acceptability of the national park. They should meaningfully engage the local communities in decision-making procedures related to park management, because they are directly impacted by the park. The authorities should also understand the different sociocultural aspects related to the local people surrounding the park and their different needs and livelihood strategies. Finally, the livelihood alternatives should be carefully assessed, and locals should be adequately consulted to ensure that these are socially and culturally accepted.

Environmental Justice in Warehousing Location

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 287-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quan Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Environmental Hazards ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Firm Location ◽  
Spatial Expansion ◽  
Disadvantaged Population

With the rapid spatial expansion of the warehousing industry in major metropolitan areas, environmental impacts associated with warehousing activities have been growing in the recent decades. This study focuses on the disproportionate distribution of warehousing facilities in disadvantaged neighborhoods and discusses how the disparities result from the interactions between various socioeconomic processes. From the perspective of environmental justice, warehousing-related environmental hazards affect the spatial relationship between warehouses and local communities. The changing factors in the firm location choice of warehousing facilities and the housing location choice of disadvantaged population jointly lead to the environmental justice problem in warehousing location.

The Environmental Justice Imperative

2021 ◽  
pp. 175-186
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Local State ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
African People ◽  
Climate And Health ◽  
Negative Impacts

Chapter 12 probes the interface of climate change and human health with an emphasis on underserved communities. Patrick N. Breysse reviews the health effects of climate change and describes how the CDC’s Climate and Health Program helps bolster local, state, tribal, and territorial efforts to protect vulnerable communities. Robert Bullard and Beverly Wright confront the racial inequity of climate change and chemical disasters. Bullard channels the legacy of slavery as he demonstrates how states that enslaved African people now house the communities hit hardest by climate change. Wright describes the unique ways that local communities confront the negative impacts of climate change. And Elizabeth Sawin presents a concept called “multisolving” that addresses climate change solutions that also have health benefits.

scholarly journals Worlds apart! Environmental injustices in Mauritius, Peru and Sweden

2020 ◽  
pp. 002087281988939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Komalsingh Rambaree ◽  
Maria Båld ◽  
Brita Backlund Rambaree
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
International Social Work ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Work Interventions ◽  
International Social

During the last few years, there has been a growing concern for environmental justice within international social work. This article connects to such concerns and aims to present and discuss environmental injustices faced by local communities in Mauritius, Peru and Sweden. Primary data were collected through face-to-face semi-structured interviews with a total of 25 key representatives of local communities in the three countries. Secondary materials were combined with the primary data in ATLAS-ti v.8.3 for a deductive critical discourse analysis. The findings describe the substantive, distributive and procedural environmental injustices faced by local communities in the three case studies. The article then considers the implications of the findings for international social work interventions in promoting environmental justice. The article concludes on the need for international social workers to continue their efforts and practices towards achieving environmental justice for all, in promoting global sustainable development.

scholarly journals Municipal Courts and Environmental Justice in South African Local Government

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
Andrew Molaiwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Environmental Harm ◽  
Environmental Injustice ◽  
Municipal Service

Environmental injustice is part and parcel of the fundamentals of international and domestic environmental law. In South Africa, section 2(4)(c) of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) establishes environmental justice (EJ) as part of the environmental management principles to direct decision-making. This is particularly relevant because of the country’s legacy of continuing environmental injustices and inequalities, especially concerning natural-resource dependent services and benefits. The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 further establishes a developmental local government (DLG) of which the objects are to ensure a safe and healthy environment, sustainable delivery of services, promotion of social and economic development as well as public participation in decision-making. These objects are complemented by section 24 environmental right in the Bill of Rights.  Municipal service delivery of water and sanitation, electricity, land matters and municipal health, should supplement, not compromise the state of local communities' environment and access should be equal. The absence of the latter may result in the form of environmental injustice as has been described by authors such as Bullard, McDonald and Schlosberg. In the event of service delivery-related environmental injustices, it is to be expected that communities must have remedial options available.  One of which may be accessible to the judicial system.   Therefore, this paper focuses on and explains the role that Municipal Courts specifically may play in fortifying the relationship between municipal service delivery and improved grass-root level environmental justice in South Africa. The underlying question is whether such courts can be agents of (environmental) change where local communities are exposed to environmental harm as a consequence of the failure of municipal services or the environmentally harmful actions of other community members or local industries. 

scholarly journals Protected areas and the neglected contribution of Indigenous Peoples and local communities: Struggles for environmental justice in the Caatinga dry forest

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Dawson ◽  
William Douglas Carvalho ◽  
Jakelyne S. Bezerra ◽  
Felipe Todeschini ◽  
Marcelo Tabarelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Dry Forest

scholarly journals Participatory mapping and engagement with urban water communities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özlem Edizel ◽  
Graeme Evans
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Arts And Humanities

This chapter focuses on the application of cultural ecosystems mapping as a participatory, co-produced visualisation and engagement method. Using a case study of the Lee Valley in London, it investigates how local communities relate to and engage with urban water environments using arts and humanities methodologies. Engaging people with issues around cultural ecosystem services through the interaction with large-scale maps of the local area helps to ground the more abstract issues of identity, connectivity, sense of place, emotional attachment, and spirituality, as well as overcome the traditional barriers to participation and inclusion at various spatial scales. Cultural mapping in particular helps to articulate the spatial and historical relationships and triggers debate over connectivity, governance, environmental justice, and both environmental and social change.

scholarly journals Latin American Jesuit Social Centers and Environmental Justice: Advocacy and Support to Local Communities and Knowledge-Building from below

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-678
Author(s):  
Sergio Coronado Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Knowledge Building ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Advocacy Strategies

This article explores a possible answer to the broad question of how the Jesuits and their institutions contribute to environmental issues in Latin America. The paper focuses on the work of Latin American Jesuit social centers, specifically regarding mining issues. The main argument is that acute environmental conflicts caused by the mining boom in the region are being attended to by advocacy strategies inspired by the environmental justice movement. The article is divided into three sections: first, it describes the broad characteristics of the current mining boom in Latin America; second, it offers examples of the advocacy strategies developed by two Jesuit social centers in Colombia and Honduras; third, it analyzes the place of such work within the diverse currents of the environmentalism movement. It concludes by pursuing a connection between the advocacy work in question and relevant theological reflections widespread within the Jesuits, the Catholic Church, and the global society.

Chronicles from the Environmental Justice Frontline

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Timmons Roberts ◽  
Melissa M. Toffolon-Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice
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