Gordon walker is chair of environment, risk and justice in the geography division, lancaster environment centre at lancaster university, uk. The routledge handbook of environmental justice taylor. Gordon walker has 44 books on goodreads with 6 ratings. Gordon walker 2009, beyond distribution and proximity. Environmental justice ej movements have led action campaigns for many years around a range of issues, including mining, the hazardous waste trade, air pollution, climate change, hydroelectric power, incineration, pesticides and agrochemical production, forest protection, and the defence of communities on the frontlines of environmental injustice, including indigenous and first nations. This optimistic, accessible, and wideranging book examines environmental justicewhich focuses on inclusive processes of environmental decisionmaking for local communitiesin the united states, united kingdom, sweden, south korea, china, bolivia, and cuba. Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the language of environmental activism, political debate, academic.
Environmental justice, which became prominent in the 1980s in the united states as a social movement and research agenda, is a hybrid of traditional social justice concerns civil rights, equality. Concepts, evidence and politics kindle edition by gordon walker. Profile page for gordon walker at lancaster university. Environmental protection agency epa defines environmental justice as. Professor walker is the author of many publications on environmental justice. Envirosociety twitter feed envirosociety the blog from environment and society. As this book goes to press, the rallying cry of environmental justice can be heard. Gordon walker supervises 5 postgraduate research students. With wideranging discussion of current debates, controversies, and questions in the history, theory, and methods of environmental justice research, contributed by over 90 leading social. Policy press achieving environmental justice a cross.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading environmental justice. Reviews at last, the book we have been waiting for. He was a member of the progressive conservative party, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of william davis and frank miller. Environmental justice ebook by gordon walker 97816619236. A revealing snapshot of current local and global environmental justice issues in a variety of countries, a valuable contribution to what gordon walker called the international travelling of. Books by gordon walker author of modern competitive strategy. Gordon walkers most popular book is modern competitive strategy. Concepts, evidence and politics by gordon walker environmental justice has increasingly become part of the language of environmental activism, political debate, academic research and policymaking around the world. His research focuses on the social and spatial dimensions of environmental and. Walker is professor in the department of geography and lancaster environment centre at lancaster university. He researches and writes across a wide agenda, including matters of environmental justice, energy demand, social practice, sociotechnical transitions, community innovation and renewable energy technologies, and the governance. Daniel farber and marjan peeters 2016 with paolo galizzi.
Gordon wayne walker cm, qc born september 10, 1941 is a former politician in ontario, canada. Gordon walker is chair of environment, risk and justice in the lancaster environment centre at lancaster university, uk. Gordon walker research portal lancaster university. The routledge handbook of environmental justice presents an extensive and cuttingedge introduction to the diverse, rapidly growing body of research on pressing issues of environmental justice and injustice. Environmental justice has increasingly become part of the language of environmental activism, political debate, academic research and policy making around the world. The routledge handbook of environmental justice presents an extensive and cuttingedge introduction to the diverse, rapidly. Contemporary social movements related to environmental justice walker 2012 as well as the critiques voiced by feminist and queer scholars povinelli 2002, scholars of colour hooks 1989 and.
Karen bell discusses environmental issues as they relate to a number of other topics, including race, class, industrialization, and. Recent publications include shared visions, unholy alliances. Professor walker is the author of many publications on environmental justice and inequality, 1 and community energy initiatives which involve embedding renewable energy at. A multimedia site, envirosociety provides insights into contemporary socioecological issues with posts from top scholars in the social sciences that engage readers interested in current environmental topics. His research focuses on environmental justice, sustainable energy transitions, and the dynamics of energy demand. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. View the profiles of professionals named gordon walker on linkedin.
Spaces of environmental justice wiley online books. My research interests have moved around over time but have centred on the social, spatial and normative dimensions of environment, sustainability and risk issues i am currently focussing predominantly on questions of energy demand in my new role as codirector of the rcuk funded demand centre dynamics of. Boorse is a coauthor of environmental science published by pearson, a textbook written with gordon professor emeritus richard wright and more recently with dr. Apr 26, 2012 immediate online access to all issues from 2019. With wideranging discussion of current debates, controversies, and questions in the history, theory, and methods of environmental justice research, contributed by over 90. He has researched and published on the theme of the spatial and social dimensions of environment and risk issues. Buy environmental justice 1 by walker, gordon isbn. The book should achieve its aim of stimulating students to engage with how ideas of sustainability and environmental justice can be applied both in policy and in practical action. Professor walker is the author of many publications on environmental justice and inequality, and community energy initiatives which involve embedding renewable energy at the local level. Access to society journal content varies across our titles.
List of books and articles about environmental justice. Understanding environmental issues sage publications ltd. Concepts, evidence and politics kindle edition by walker, gordon. Socionatures and the politics of scale in the delta. His research focuses on the social and spatial dimensions of environmental and risk issues. Conceptually acute, empirically informed, and written with verve and refreshing honesty by an acknowledged international expert with years of experience in the field, gordon walker has produced the most distinctive contribution to the theory and practice of environmental justice in recent years. Are some communities far more vulnerable to the impacts of flooding or climate change than others. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. His research explores the discourses of brownfields and environmental justice in the context of urban sociospatial change.
Exploring the multiple spatialities of environmental justice. He served in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1971 to 1975, and again from 1977 to 1985. Edited byryan holifield, jayajit chakraborty, gordon walker. Astrid ulloa 2017, perspectives of environmental justice from indigenous peoples of latin america. Concepts, evidence and politics routledge 2012 and environmental justice web pages for outputs from previous projects. Feb 11, 2012 at last, the book we have been waiting for. The aim of this chapter is to examine the constituent elements of environmental justice claimmaking and how they interrelate, and through this to consider key concepts and ideas that span different. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Exploring the multiple spatialities of environmental justice, antipode, 41 4, september, 61436 420 11. Environmental justice gordon walker haftad 9780415589741. Gordon walker is professor of environment, risk, and justice in the lancaster environment centre, lancaster university, uk.
Evolving racial formations and the environmental justice movement in handbook of environmental justice. The routledge handbook of environmental justice 1st. It raises questions about how the environment impacts on different peoples lives. Power, governance and deliberative processes in local. With wideranging discussion of current debates, controversies, and questions in the history, theory, and methods of environmental justice. Vulnerability, equality and environmental justice in handbook of environmental justice eds. Edited by ryan holifield, jayajit chakraborty, and gordon walker. Gordon walker, lancaster environment centre, lancaster university. A revealing snapshot of current local and global environmental justice issues in a variety of countries, a valuable contribution to what gordon walker called the international travelling of the environmental justice frame. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more. Read environmental justice concepts, evidence and politics by gordon walker available from rakuten kobo. The routledge handbook of environmental justice 1st edition.
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