Environmental activists and academics alike are realizing that a sustainable society must be a just one. Environmental degradation is almost always linked to questions of human equality and quality of life. Throughout the world, those segments of the population that have the least political power and are the most marginalized are selectively victimized by environmental crises. This book argues that social and environmental justice within and between nations should be an integral part of the policies and agreements that promote sustainable development. The book addresses the links between environmental quality and human equality and between sustainability and environmental justice.

About the Author

Julian Agyeman is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University in the US.
Robert D Bullard is Ware Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University in the US.
Rob Evans is Professor and Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute at Northumbria University in the UK.

Reviews

'A seminal achievement.'
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics

'This book provides an integrated approach to the questions of sustainable development, environmental justice and equity.'
Oxfam

'A thought-provoking argument links the chapters of this edited volume... Just Sustainabilities contains enough interesting material to mae this a useful introduction to the issues, and a worthwile addition to reading lists, particularly for upper level undergraduate and graduate courses.'
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

'Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World does a remarkable job of presenting the theories and challenges that exist practically and philosophically with regard to environmental and social justice and sustainability.'
Nicole M. Smith, Culture and Agriculture

'These excellent works provide an over-arching contribution to the important and emerging realization - that a sustainable society must also be an equitable society.'
International Journal of Environmental Science

Book Information
ISBN 9781853837296
Author Robert D Bullard
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Earthscan Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 640g