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Distributive Justice and the Environment
Distributive justice in an environmental context is the equitable distribution of a society's technological and environmental risks and impacts. These burdens include air pollution, landfills, industrial factories, and environmental burdens. Distributive justice is an essential principle of environmental justice because there is evidence that shows that these burdens cause health problems, negatively affect quality of life, and drive down property value. The potential negative social impacts of environmental degradation and regulatory policies have been at the center environmental discussions since the rise of environmental justice.[1] Historically, environmental burdens fall on poor communities that are predominantly African-American, Native-American, Latino, and Appalachian.[2]
- ^ McGurty, Eileen (1997). "From NIMBY to Civil Rights: The Origins of the Environmental Justice Movement". Environmental History. 2 (3): 301–323. doi:10.2307/3985352.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Shrader-Frenchette, Kristin (January 2006). Environmental Justice: Creating Equity, Reclaiming Democracy. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780198034704.
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