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Informationen zum Autor Sicotte, Diane Klappentext Like many industrialized regions, the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation. However, other neighbourhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This eye-opening book reveals that such environmental inequalities did not occur by chance, but were instead the result of specific policy decisions that served to exacerbate endemic classism and racism. Zusammenfassung Like many industrialized regions! the Philadelphia metro area contains pockets of environmental degradation. However! other neighbourhoods within and around the city are relatively pristine. This eye-opening book reveals that such environmental inequalities did not occur by chance! but were instead the result of specific policy decisions that served to exacerbate endemic classism and racism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of FiguresList of MapsList of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Measuring Environmental Inequalities in the Philadelphia Area in 20102 Theorizing Urban Environmental Inequality3 The Rise of Industrial Philadelphia4 Environmental Inequality from 1950 to 19695 From Workshop to Waste Magnet: Environmental Burdening After 19706 Intersectionality and Environmental Inequality in the Philadelphia Region7 Toward a “Rustbelt” Theory of U.S. Environmental Inequality AppendixNotesIndex
