week 1 discussion

Title:

• Gaps Matter : Environment, Health, and Social Equity

Authors:

• Pastor, Manuel
• Morello-Frosch, Rachel

Source:

• Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, 2018 Jul 01. 42(2), 28-33.

Publication Year:

• 2018

Subject Terms:

• environmental justice
• climate change
• public health
• social movements
• racial generation gap

Description:

• Environmental justice often is seen as an issue of righting disparities in the exposures of low-income communities and communities of color to toxic hazards, air pollution, and other disamenities. An intriguing new wave of research finds that when environmental costs and benefits are unequally distributed, this can diminish the collective will to address the commons and hence worsen environmental conditions overall. While more studies are needed, this suggests that centering equity can be beneficial to policies and movements for sustainability.

Document Type:

• research-article

Language:

• English

ISSN:

• 07387806

Access URL:

• https://www.jstor.org/stable/26556357

Rights:

• Copyright © 2018 American Society on Aging

Accession Number:

• edsjsr.26556357

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