A Comparison of Major Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tools
A Comparison of Major Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tools
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主要环境正义筛查和绘图工具的比较
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2017
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M. Franchetti
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L. Kuruppuarachchi;Ashok Kumar;M. Franchetti
环境正义（EJ）的概念在美国已经发展了 30 多年。从那时起，大多数实证研究表明，低收入和少数族裔社区不成比例地面临环境危害。在世界各地，社区正在努力保护他们的土地、空气、水、森林和生计免受对环境和社会造成严重影响的破坏性项目和活动的影响。已经存在许多工具来识别和绘制那些存在潜在环境正义问题的区域。本文对三种主要 EJ 工具进行了比较； EJSCREEN（2016 版）、CalEnviroScreen 2.0、EJ Atlas 及其方法。这些工具在呈现环境正义和识别环境负担社区、社会负担社区或两者方面都有一些共同参数。环境负担可以包括损害社区健康的任何环境污染物、危害或不利条件。这些工具预计将有助于了解和研究环境效益和负担的分配、某些地区弱势社区的决策以及制定环境政策和规划。
The concept of Environmental Justice (EJ) has evolved in United Sates for more than 30 years. Since then most empirical studies have shown that low-income and minority neighborhoods are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards. Across the world, communities are struggling to protect their land, air, water, forests, and their livelihoods from damaging projects and activities with heavy environmental and social impacts. A Number of tools already exist to identify and map those areas with potential environmental justice concerns. This paper presents a comparison of the three major EJ tools; EJSCREEN (version 2016), CalEnviroScreen 2.0, EJ Atlas and their methodologies. There are some common parameters across these tools in presenting Environmental Justice and in identifying environmentally burdened communities, socially burdened communities, or both. Environmental burdens can include any environmental pollutant, hazard or disadvantage that compromises the health of a community. The tools are expected to help in understanding and studying the distribution of environmental benefits and burdens, decision making for disadvantaged communities in certain areas and in setting up environmental policies and planning.