Environ Justice

Catalog description

(D) Although environmental conditions impact all people, environmental risks and amenities are not equitably distributed across places or populations. These inequities have prompted a consideration of the linkages between environmental issues and social justice. This course explores those linkages. We will work to understand the connections between environmental and human health, the evidence and explanations for differential distributions of environmental risks and amenities across populations, and the differing community responses to environmental injustices. By applying social concepts and examining a wide range of environmental justice case studies, we can better understand how and why inequalities arise, and why some communities are able to work more effectively towards environmental justice.