Noxious New York The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice

Name: Noxious New York The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice
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ISBN: 9780262693424

ISBN-10: 0262693429

ISBN-13: 9780262693424

Edition: 2007

Authors: Julie Sze, Robert Gottlieb

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Racial minority and low-income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Environmental justice advocates argue that these communities are on the front lines of environmental and health risks. In Noxious New York, Julie Sze analyzes the culture, politics, and history of environmental justice activism in New York City within the larger context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization. She tracks urban planning and environmental health activism in four gritty New York neighborhoods--Brooklyn's Sunset Park and Williamsburg sections, West Harlem, and the South Bronx. In these communities, activism flourished in the 1980s and 1990s in response to…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 11/22/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger



What's Old Is New: Public Health and Planning as Historical Antecedents to New York City's Environmental Justice Activism



New York City Environmental Justice Campaigns: Stigma, Blight, and the Politics of Race and Pollution



Childhood Asthma in New York City: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Recognition



The Racial Geography of New York City Garbage: Local and Global Trash Politics



Power to the People? Deregulation and Environmental Justice Energy Activism



The Promise and the Peril or, Can Community-Based Environmental Justice Initiatives Reintegrate Planning and Public Health in the Urban Environment?


Conclusion: What We Can Learn from New York City Environmental Justice Activism


Notes


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