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Evaluating environmental justice under the national environmental policy act
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The Environmental Justice Analysis (EJA) as mentioned in this paper is a highly focused form of social impact assessment that must be conducted within the framework of NEPA, and the specific purpose of such an analysis is to determine whether a proposed federal activity would impact low-income and minority populations to a greater extent than it would impact a community's general population.About:
This article is published in Environmental Impact Assessment Review.The article was published on 1998-01-01. It has received 59 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National Environmental Policy Act & Environmental impact assessment.read more
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Equity, environmental justice and sustainability: incomplete approaches in climate change politics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a mapping of the different takes to the moral aspects of global environmental decisions, and construe environmental justice as a broad overarching concept encompassing all justice issues in environmental decision-making, including both procedural and distributive justice.
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A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change: Sustaining Tropical Coastal Communities and Industries
Nadine Marshall,Paul Marshall,Jerker Tamelander,David Obura,Delphine Malleret-King,Joshua E. Cinner +5 more
TL;DR: The estimated 500 million people who depend on coral reefs worldwide regularly contend with change. Whether it is the shifting demands of a global marketplace, political upheaval at the national level, shortage of local supplies such as fuel, or fickle weather, the resilience of reefdependent people is often put to the test as mentioned in this paper.
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Setting energy justice apart from the crowd: Lessons from environmental and climate justice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors outline the origins, successes and failures of the environmental and climate justice concepts, with a view to both distinguishing the energy justice field, and providing cautionary tales for it.
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Coal mining and the resource community cycle: A longitudinal assessment of the social impacts of the Coppabella coal mine
TL;DR: Two social impact assessment (SIA) studies of Central Queensland's Coppabella coal mine were undertaken in 2002-2003 and 2006-2007 as ex post studies of actual change, these provide a reference point for predictive assessments of proposed resource extraction projects at other sites, while the longitudinal element illustrates how impacts associated with one mine may vary over time due to changing economic and social conditions as mentioned in this paper.
Integrating human health into environmental impact assessment: an unrealized opportunity for environmental health and justice Integrando a saúde humana na avaliação de impacto ambiental: uma oportunidade não realizada para a saúde e justiça ambiental
Rajiv Bhatia,Aaron Wernham +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the purpose and procedures of EIA, existing reg- ulatory requirements for health effects analysis, and potential barriers to and opportunities for proving integration of human health concerns within the EIA process are reviewed.
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Unequal protection : environmental justice and communities of color
TL;DR: The 1991 First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit as discussed by the authors documented the struggles of communities of color from all over the U.S. and the actions needed to restore their safety and health.
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Toxic Struggles: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Justice
TL;DR: The environmental justice movement is a kind of socio-environmentalism which reacts when corporate or government business negatively and simultaneously impacts on marginalized human groups and nature as discussed by the authors, and environmental justice can be seen as a form of social justice.