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Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice
Author: Julian Agyeman

View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.?Agyeman?s advocacy for just sustainability effectively addresses the equity deficit of mainstream sustainability. In his conclusion, he suggests a number of strategies that could be of use to those of us in the design community. One of these is the concept of an ?environmental sp... more »ace,? built on the idea of a sustainable community place. In this matrix, not only are traditional environmental resources considered but also included in the equation are social and economic entitlements. Environmental space analysis is exactly the kind of hybrid problem that design professionals commonly work with. This creative reframing of urban space and social justice issues is a strategy that might well be duplicated in rethinking our course projects and other scholarly pursuits.?

?Journal of Architectural Education?A lively and thought-provoking text, with informative case study examples, which allows the reader plenty of opportunity to follow Agyeman?s reasoning and analysis.?

?Journal of the American Planning Association"Covering both theory and practive, environmental organizations are indexed according to their commitment to justice and/or sustainability principles as set forth in their mission statements. Examples illustrating broad issue categories of successful projects that exemplify just sustainability enhance the discussion."

?Choice, recommended?Julian Agyeman once again pushes us all to think more critically about how to integrate two important political and intellectual projects. This book is at the cutting edge of research on sustainability and environmental justice. Agyeman has set the standard for the next generation of studies on these critical challenges.?

?David Naguib Pellow, co-author of The Silicon Valley of Dreams"Worth the effort."

?In Brief"Julian Agyeman has provided a theoretical and empirical foundation for making environmental justice a central focus of sustainability. He lucidly demonstrates both the rationale and the agenda for a 'just sustainability' that is not 'just' about environmental sustainability. In mapping this new territory, Agyeman has made an important contribution to scholarship that will also be valued by practitioners."

?Mark Roseland, author of Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their GovernmentsPopularized in the movies Erin Brockovich and A Civil Action, ?environmental justice? refers to any local response to a threat against community health. In this book, Julian Agyeman argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities movement are compatible in practical ways. Yet sustainability, which focuses on meeting our needs today while not compromising the ability of our successors to meet their needs, has not always partnered with the challenges of environmental justice. Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice explores the ideological differences between these two groups and shows how they can work together. Agyeman provides concrete examples of potential model organizations that employ the types of strategies he advocates. This book is vital to the efforts of community organizers, policymakers, and everyone interested in a better environment and community health.

ISBN-13: 9780814707104
ISBN-10: 0814707106
Publication Date: 8/1/2005
Pages: 256
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Publisher: NYU Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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