Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injustices (Urban and Industrial Environments) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 026201551X ISBN 13: 9780262015516

Publisher: Mit Pr, 2011

Synopsis

Multinational corporations often exploit natural resources or locate factories inpoor countries far from the demand for the products and profits that result. Developed countriesalso routinely dump hazardous materials and produce greenhouse gas emissions that have adisproportionate impact on developing countries. This book investigates how these and otherglobalized practices exact high social and environmental costs as poor, local communities are forcedto cope with depleted resources, pollution, health problems, and social and cultural disruption.Case studies drawn from Africa, Asia, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America critically assess howdiverse types of global inequalities play out on local terrains. These range from an assessment ofthe pros and cons of foreign investment in Fiji to an account of the work of transnational activistscombating toxic waste disposal in Mozambique. Taken together, the chapters demonstrate the spatialdisconnect between global consumption and production on the one hand and local environmental qualityand human rights on the other. The result is a rich perspective not only on the ways industries,governments, and consumption patterns may further entrench existing inequalities but also on howemerging networks and movements can foster institutional change and promote social equality andenvironmental justice.

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About the Author

Julian Agyeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mit Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 026201551X
• ISBN 13: 9780262015516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 303
• Editor: Carmin Joann, Agyeman Julian