Environmental justice in the US and beyond: Frameworks, evidence, and social action
Environmental justice in the US and beyond: Frameworks, evidence, and social action
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美国及其他地区的环境正义：框架、证据和社会行动
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10.1007/978-3-030-33467-3_9
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2020
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Rubio, Ricardo
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Nadybal, Shawna;Grineski, Sara;Collins, Timothy;Flores, Aaron;Castor, Alyssa;Griego, Angel;Mullen, Casey;Rubio, Ricardo
环境利益和风险的分配并不平均。在世界各地，边缘化的社会群体不成比例地暴露在环境危害中，这些危害大大降低了他们的健康，限制了他们的社会经济机会，并加强了他们的边缘社会地位。虽然已经提出了许多解决方案来纠正这些动态，但没有一个方案像环境正义那样有影响力。环境正义，或称EJ，既是一个研究机构，也是一个社会运动，寻求识别环境歧视，引起人们对它的关注，并在必要时通过一些政治和社区渠道努力恢复公平。从这个意义上说，EJ在改善世界上最脆弱的社会群体的环境体验方面发挥着至关重要的作用。本章讨论EJ的理论和概念基础及相关概念，美国和其他世界地区面向EJ的研究的发现，依赖EJ方法的新领域，以及致力于EJ的全球和局部影响。虽然没有一章能够全面总结司法公正研究的全部内容，但本章提供了一个全面的概述，强调司法公正在为那些最需要正义和公平的人恢复正义和公平方面发挥的重要作用。
Environmental benefits and risks are not distributed equally. All around the world, marginalized social groups are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards that significantly degrade their health, limit their socioeconomic opportunities, and reinforce their marginal social positions. While many solutions have been proposed to rectify these dynamics, none have been as influential as Environmental Justice. Environmental Justice, or EJ, is both a body of research and a social movement that seeks to identify environmental discrimination, draw attention to it, and work through a number of political and community channels to restore equitability when necessary. In this sense, EJ plays a vital role in improving the environmental experiences for the world’s most vulnerable social groups. This chapter discusses theoretical and conceptual foundations of EJ and related concepts, discoveries resulting from EJ-oriented studies in the US and other world regions, new fields relying on EJ methodologies, and both the global and local implications of working toward EJ. While no chapter can fully summarize the entire body of EJ research, this chapter provides a comprehensive overview that emphasizes the vital role that EJ plays in restoring justice and equity for those who need it most.