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Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsement -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 An Overview of Environmental Justice -- Introduction -- Social Vulnerability and Environmental Justice -- Beginning of the Environmental Justice Movement -- US Environmental Protection Agency and Environmental Justice -- Federal Policies Supporting Environmental Justice -- President Clinton Signs Executive Order 12898 -- Challenges Implementing Executive Order 12898 -- Federal Civil Rights Laws and Constitutional Rights -- State Environmental Justice Legislation and Policy -- Conclusion -- Review/Discussion Questions -- Resource -- References -- 2 Climate Justice and Vulnerable Populations -- Introduction -- Global Climate Justice -- Cases of Climate Injustice: Vulnerable Regions of the World -- Haiti -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- Climate Change and Public Health: A California Case Study -- Climate Change and the Elderly -- Urban Heat Islands: A Public Health Threat -- The Legacy of Redlining in the United States: Impact On Urban Areas -- Health Issues Caused By Chronic Exposure to Heat -- Community-Based Resilience Strategies to Address Climate Change -- Tackling Climate Change at the Local Level: The Case of Richmond, VA -- Federal Actions to Address Climate Justice -- Conclusion -- Review/Discussion Questions -- References -- 3 COVID-19: Addressing Health Equity in the United States -- Introduction -- Navigating Through a Pandemic: Addressing Health Inequities -- Occupational Status and COVID-19 -- COVID-19 Vaccine -- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy -- The Legacy of the Tuskegee Study -- Vaccine Hesitancy and a Lack of Accessibility -- Building Trust in Minority Communities: Strategies for Resiliency -- Whole Community Approach Means All of the United States.

AbstractThis is a study of a binational community indicator program for the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area (SDTMA). The key objective of the research was to produce a citizen‐generated community indicator program (CIP). The study is closely based on the work of the two focus groups held in the two cities and offers a small program that has immediate practical potential for implementation. The program consists of a suite of thirty‐five indicators for which data has been identified and provided. Fifteen of the indicators apply to Tijuana, twenty to San Diego. The program is built around principles of community well‐being or quality of life (QOL). It is the first subregional attempt at the scale of the United States‐Mexico Bi‐National Region (BNR) to integrate existing environmental, social, and economic data into a single coherent program to inform community leaders about the condition of the SDTMA. The region covered by the CIP generally consists of the urbanized core of metropolitan Tijuana, the city of San Diego, and associated cities like Chula Vista and El Cajon within the southern part of San Diego County.

This is a study of a binational community indicator program for the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area (SDTMA). The key objective of the research was to produce a citizen-generated community indicator program (CIP). The study is closely based on the work of the two focus groups held in the two cities & offers a small program that has immediate practical potential for implementation. The program consists of a suite of thirty-five indicators for which data has been identified & provided. Fifteen of the indicators apply to Tijuana, twenty to San Diego. The program is built around principles of community well-being or quality of life (QOL). It is the first subregional attempt at the scale of the US-Mexico Bi-National Region (BNR) to integrate existing environmental, social, & economic data into a single coherent program to inform community leaders about the condition of the SDTMA. The region covered by the CIP generally consists of the urbanized core of metropolitan Tijuana, the city of San Diego, & associated cities like Chula Vista & El Cajon within the southern part of San Diego County. 1 Table, 10 Figures, 37 References. Adapted from the source document.

This article examines several federal and state laws, such as the Worker Protection Standards and the Florida Pesticide Law, to determine whether the goals of these laws are being achieved in the State of Florida. A survey based on questions pertaining to various laws was used to gather data on farm workers in three South Florida counties. Face–to–face interviews were conducted with farm workers in Palm Beach and Indian River counties, Florida, in 1997 and in Collier County, Florida, in 1999.Overall, the findings indicate that farm workers in South Florida have been exposed to pesticides through direct or indirect spraying. The findings of the study reveal that federal and state laws—currently in place to protect the workers from pesticide exposure—are not effectively implemented, and farm workers are uninformed of the laws that exist to protect them from pesticide exposure.The study concludes with policy recommendations that will improve the implementation and enforcement of the current laws, which are designed to protect farm workers from pesticide exposure.