Introduction to Environmental Health Disparities

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Disproportionate burdens of environmental contamination, whether urban or rural, and the environmental health inequalities affecting communities of color; history and politics of environmental justice movements in the U.S., and other parts of the world with a focus on the methods and materials used in the study of environmental racism, environmental risk, and sustainable development; empirical evidence on distributions of environmental quality and health, enforcement of regulations, access to resources to respond to urban, rural, and industrial problems, and the broader political economy of decision-making around environmental and health issues.