Environmental segregation

Date and country of first publication

2013
United States

Definition

Environmental segregation refers to the unequal distribution of environmental resources and hazards based on race, income, or other social factors. This can result in certain communities being disproportionately exposed to pollution, toxic waste, and other environmental dangers, while other communities have better access to clean air, water, and green spaces. Environmental segregation can lead to a range of health disparities, social injustices, and environmental degradation. It is important to address and overcome environmental segregation in order to promote environmental justice and create sustainable and healthy communities for all.

Notes

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Further reading

Prakash S. (2013) Racial dimensions of property value protection under the Fair Housing Act. California Law Review, 101(5), 1437-1498. [1]

Ardeshiri A., Ardeshiri M., Radfar M., Hamidian Shormasty O. (2016) The values and benefits of environmental elements on housing rents. Habitat International, 55(), 67-78. Elsevier Ltd.[2]

Carvajal F., Moreira-Muñoz A., Salazar A., Leguía M., Guajardo F.J. (2019) Divergences and contradictions in the sustainable planning of metropolitan rural peri urban Valparaíso. Case of the Campana Peñuelas Biosphere Reserve, central Chile; [Divergencias y contradicciones en la planificación sustentable del periurbano rural metropolitano de valparaíso: Caso reserva de la biosfera la campana peñuelas, Chile central]. Urbano, 22(39), 64-87. Universidad del Bío Bío.[3]

Ovando Montejo G.A., Frazier A.E. (2020) Assessing Quality of Life across Mexico City Using Socio Economic and Environmental Factors. International Journal of Applied Geospatial Research, 11(3), 68-86. IGI Global.[4]

Abarca A.L.F., Moraes L.M. (2020) Political ecology in the study of urban segregation. A case study on the construction of walls on the outskirts of Lima, Peru; [A ecologia política no estudo da segregação urbana: um estudo de caso da estruturação de muros na periferia de Lima, Peru]; [La ecología política en el estudio de la segregación urbana. Estudio de caso de estructuración de muros en la periferia de Lima, Perú]. Revista de Gestao Ambiental e Sustentabilidade, 10(1), -. Universidade Nove de Julho-UNINOVE.[5]

Abarca A.L.F., Moraes L.M. (2020) Political ecology in the study of urban segregation. A case study on the construction of walls on the outskirts of Lima, Peru; [A ecologia política no estudo da segregação urbana: um estudo de caso da estruturação de muros na periferia de Lima, Peru]; [La ecología política en el estudio de la segregación urbana. Estudio de caso de estructuración de muros en la periferia de Lima, Perú]. Revista de Gestao Ambiental e Sustentabilidade, 10(1), -. Universidade Nove de Julho-UNINOVE.[6]