Environmental Justice Policies and Practices

EES

77800

Environmental Justice Policies and Practices

This course focuses on the distributional dimensions of environmental degradation and environmental protection globally, domestically and in New York City. We will explore the social processes that generate synergistic race and class stratification, and how they impact the distribution of ecological costs and benefits. Substantive areas of focus will include the class and racial segregation of urban neighborhoods, the siting of hazardous facilities in communities of color, unequal protection of environmental health, unequal distribution of urban environmental amenities, and climate injustice. The course will also examine the social origins and impacts of a distinct environmental justice movement that emerged from BIPOC and working-class communities. Both successes and ongoing struggles in the EJ movement will be explored, with emphasis on NYC.

Graduate

No

030893