Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential MobilityFrom St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the OCypaths of least resistance, OCO there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, a Toxic Communities aexamines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed. Drawing on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country, Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is a link between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, a Toxic Communities agreatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States." |
Contents
Environmental Justice Claims | 1 |
Landmark Cases in the South and the Rise of Environmental Justice Activism | 6 |
Claims of Racism and Discrimination | 33 |
Native American Communities in the West | 47 |
Residential Mobility or Who Moves and Who Stays | 69 |
The Legal Regulatory and Administrative Contexts | 98 |
Manipulation Environmental Blackmail and Enticement | 123 |
Residential Segregation | 147 |
Guarding against Infiltration | 192 |
Urban Renewal Eminent Domain and Expulsive Zoning | 228 |
Does It Still Happen? | 262 |
Future Directions of Environmental Justice Research | 279 |
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About the Author | 343 |
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