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Spaces of Environmental Justice
Ryan Holifield (Edited by), R Holifield (Author), Michael Porter (Edited by), Gordon Walker (Edited by)
9781444332452, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 23 April 2010
272 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.399 kg
In this cutting-edge volume, leading scholars examine a diverse range of environmental inequalities from around the world.
Notes on Contributors. Introduction. 1. Spaces of Environmental Justice: Frameworks for Critical Engagement (Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Michael Porter, City University of New York Graduate Centre; and Gordon Walker, Lancaster University). Part I: Frameworks for Critical Environmental Justice Research. 1. Beyond Distribution and Proximity: Exploring the Multiple Spatialities of Environmental Justice (Gordon Walker, Lancaster University). 2. Actor-Network Theory as a Critical Approach to Environmental Justice: A Case against Synthesis with Urban Political Ecology (Ryan Holifield, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). 3. Gendered Geographies of Environmental Justice (Susan Buckingham and Rakibe Kulcur both Brunel University). 4. Acknowledging the Racial State: An Agenda for Environmental Justice Research (Hilda Kurtz, University of Georgia). Part II: Spaces for Critical Environmental Justice Research. 5. Digging Deep for Justice: A Radical Re-Imagination of the Artisanal Gold Mining Sector in Ghana (Petra Tschakert, The Pennsylvania State University). 6. Benevolent and Benign? Using Environmental Justice to Investigate Waste-Related Impacts of Ecotourism in Destination Communities (Zoë A. Meletis, University of Northern British Columbia and Lisa M. Campbell, Duke University). 7. Assembling Justice Spaces: The Scalar Politics of Environmental Justice in North-East England (Karen Bickerstaff, Durham University and Julian Agyeman, Tufts University). 8. Defining and Contesting Environmental Justice: Socio-Natures and the Politics of Scale in the Delta (Julie Sze, Jonathan London, Fraser Shilling, Gerardo Gambirazzio, Trina Filan, and Mary Cadenasso all University of California-Davis). Index.
Subject Areas: Geography [RG]
