Dorceta Taylor

Broschiertes Buch

Toxic Communities

Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility

Beschreibung

Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, this book examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards.

Autor

Dorceta E. Taylor is Professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, where she also serves as Field of Studies Coordinator for the Environmental Justice program. She graduated from Yale University with doctorates in Sociology and Forestry & Environmental Studies. Her previous books include The Environment and the People in American Cities: 1600s-1900s. Disorder, Inequalty and Social Change, which won the 2010 Allan Schnaiberg Outstanding Publication Award from the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New York University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9781479861781
• ISBN-10: 1479861782
• Artikelnr.: 40031411