Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injustices

by Julian Agyeman

Case studies demonstrate the spatial disconnect between global consumption and production and its effects on local environmental quality and human rights.

Multinational corporations often exploit natural resources or locate factories in poor countries far from the demand for the products and profits that result. Developed countries also routinely dump hazardous materials and produce greenhouse gas emissions that have a disproportionate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262515873
• ISBN13: 9780262515870
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher