Faces of Environmental Racism

by Westra, Laura; Lawson, Bill E.; Adam, Hussein M. (CON); Bell, Elizabeth (CON); Bullard, Robert D. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742512481
• ISBN10: 0742512487
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

Through case studies that highlight the type of information that is seldom reported in the news, Faces of Environmental Racism exposes the type and magnitude of environmental racism, both domestic and international. The essays explore the justice of current environmental practices, asking such questions as whether cost-benefit analysis is an appropriate analytic technique and whether there are alternate routes to sustainable development in the South.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Eugene Hargrove
Preface to the Second Edition	xv
Introduction	xvii
Laura Westra
Bill E. Lawson
Part One: Foundations
Decision Making	3	(26)
Robert D. Bullard
Environmental Justice: A National Priority	29	(12)
Clarice E. Gaylord
Elizabeth Bell
Living for the City: Urban United States and Environmental Justice	41	(16)
Bill E. Lawson
Just Garbage	57	(16)
Peter S. Wenz
Black Trash	73	(22)
Charles W. Mills
Part Two: Racism in North America
Africville: Environmental Racism	95	(18)
Howard McCurdy
The Faces of Environmental Racism: Titusville, Alabama, and BFI	113	(28)
Laura Westra
Consent, Equity, and Environmental Justice: A Louisiana Case Study	141	(26)
Daniel C. Wigley
Kristin Shrader-Frechette
Other Faces: Latinos and Environmental Justice	167	(20)
Robert Melchior Figueroa
Part Three: Racism in Africa
Multinational Corporations, Developed Nations, and Environmental Racism: Toxic Waste, Oil Exploration, and Eco-Catastrophe	187	(16)
Segun Gbadegesin
Somalia: Environmental Degradation and Environmental Racism	203	(26)
Hussein M. Adam
South Africa: Environmental Sustainability Needs Empowerment of Women	229	(20)
R. J. A. Goodland
Index	249	(14)
About the Contributors	263