Michigan
A State of Environmental Justice?
Published on 20. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-1-61448-029-7 (ISBN)
Description
Michigan: A State of Environmental Justice? focuses attention on the byproducts of growth and development in the state of Michigan and describes who wins and who loses. Over the years while growth and development have been good for some, it has been devastating for others; the byproducts of growth and development have threatened the lives of people who breathe polluted air, who are exposed to contaminated water, and whose children play on polluted soil. People affected by toxins must organize to protect themselves, their families, and their communities from environmental harm.
Let us be clear right from the beginning. We are not against economic growth and development; we are against certain kinds of economic growth and development--i.e., growth and development that expose people to unnecessary harm. We feel it is possible to have economic growth and development with environmental protection. All of this is explored in Michigan: A State of Environmental Justice?
Let us be clear right from the beginning. We are not against economic growth and development; we are against certain kinds of economic growth and development--i.e., growth and development that expose people to unnecessary harm. We feel it is possible to have economic growth and development with environmental protection. All of this is explored in Michigan: A State of Environmental Justice?
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
405 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61448-029-7 (9781614480297)
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Bunyan Bryant and Elaine Hockman are professors at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. For the last twenty years they have taught courses on environmental justice and have written articles published in several books. Presently Hockman is the research director of the Environmental Justice Initiative. The Initiative's mission is research, retrieval dissemination conferences, and policy briefings. Bryant is the director of the Initiative and has been the recipient of many awards namely: The Damu Smith Power of One Environmental Justice Award, the Dream Keeper Award for his tireless work to enhance diversity, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice Award for outstanding service as a charter member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, and the William D. Milliken Distinguished Service Award, the state of Michigan highest environmental award.
Author Residence: Ann Arbor, Flint and Detroit, Michigan.
Author Residence: Ann Arbor, Flint and Detroit, Michigan.
Content
Chapter 1: Environmental Justice: Overview
Chapter 2: Environmental Awareness, Hazardous Waste, and the Disproportionate Impact on Low-income Communities and Communities of Color
Chapter 3: Methods and Issues
Chapter 4: Hazardous Wastes and Spatial Relations According to Race and Income in the State of Michigan
Chapter 5: Environmental Justice and the Latino Community
Chapter 6: A Comparative Analysis of Flint Area Zip Codes: Evidence of One Community's Disproportionate Burden of Environmental Hazards
Chapter 7: A Case Study: The Controversy Between Environmental Disposal Systems and Residents of the City of Romulus, Michigan Over the Siting of a Deep Injection Well on Wahrman Road
Chapter 8: The Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility
Chapter 9: The Multifaceted Nature of Pollution, Environmental Cleanup and Issues of Disparate Impact and Health
Chapter 11:Jobs and Economic Growth v. Environmental Protection Debate
Chapter 12: Berlin & Farro: Perhaps Michigan's Worst Toxic Disposal Site
Chapter 2: Environmental Awareness, Hazardous Waste, and the Disproportionate Impact on Low-income Communities and Communities of Color
Chapter 3: Methods and Issues
Chapter 4: Hazardous Wastes and Spatial Relations According to Race and Income in the State of Michigan
Chapter 5: Environmental Justice and the Latino Community
Chapter 6: A Comparative Analysis of Flint Area Zip Codes: Evidence of One Community's Disproportionate Burden of Environmental Hazards
Chapter 7: A Case Study: The Controversy Between Environmental Disposal Systems and Residents of the City of Romulus, Michigan Over the Siting of a Deep Injection Well on Wahrman Road
Chapter 8: The Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Facility
Chapter 9: The Multifaceted Nature of Pollution, Environmental Cleanup and Issues of Disparate Impact and Health
Chapter 11:Jobs and Economic Growth v. Environmental Protection Debate
Chapter 12: Berlin & Farro: Perhaps Michigan's Worst Toxic Disposal Site