Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Title | Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review PDF eBook |
Author | Boston College. Law School |
Publisher | |
Pages | 778 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Environmental law |
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Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
Title | Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review PDF eBook |
Author | Boston College. Law School |
Publisher | |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Environmental law |
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U.S.-U.S.S.R. Environmental Protection Institutions
Title | U.S.-U.S.S.R. Environmental Protection Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review
Title | Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review PDF eBook |
Author | Boston College. Law School |
Publisher | |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Public Trust Doctrine and the Impossibility of "takings" by Wildlife
Title | The Public Trust Doctrine and the Impossibility of "takings" by Wildlife PDF eBook |
Author | Anna R. C. Caspersen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 46 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Environmental policy |
ISBN |
Journal Holdings Report
Title | Journal Holdings Report PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Information Management and Services Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Environmental protection |
ISBN |
From Workshop to Waste Magnet
Title | From Workshop to Waste Magnet PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Sicotte |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 2016-09-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0813574218 |
Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation: neighborhoods littered with abandoned waste sites, polluting factories, and smoke-belching incinerators. However, other neighborhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This eye-opening book reveals that such environmental inequalities did not occur by chance, but were instead the result of specific policy decisions that served to exacerbate endemic classism and racism. From Workshop to Waste Magnet presents Philadelphia’s environmental history as a bracing case study in mismanagement and injustice. Sociologist Diane Sicotte digs deep into the city’s past as a titan of American manufacturing to trace how only a few communities came to host nearly all of the area’s polluting and waste disposal land uses. By examining the complex interactions among economic decline, federal regulations, local politics, and shifting ethnic demographics, she not only dissects what went wrong in Philadelphia but also identifies lessons for environmental justice activism today. Sicotte’s research tallies both the environmental and social costs of industrial pollution, exposing the devastation that occurs when mass quantities of society’s wastes mix with toxic levels of systemic racism and economic inequality. From Workshop to Waste Magnet is a compelling read for anyone concerned with the health of America’s cities and the people who live in them.