Scale, Environmental Justice, and Unsustainable Cities

In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 43-63

Abstract

Discusses urbanism, urbanization, & sustainability, describing the modern history of the conflict between cities & ecology, economic growth, & the environment. Urban sprawl's impact on resources is considered, followed by an examination of the environmental justice movement & its confrontation of environmental racism. The roles of place & pollution sources & of race/ethnicity are analyzed. The concluding section addresses both the North-South & rural-urban aspects of the environmental justice movement, recommending global cooperation. 1 Figure. K. Coddon