Faces of Environmental Racism : Confronting Issues of Global Justice

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Faces of Environmental Racism\nby Laura Westra\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Laura Westra\nTitle: Faces of Environmental Racism\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Central / national / federal government policies\nPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\nISBN-13: 9780847680450\nISBN-10: 0847680452\nRRP: \u00A3137.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nRacial minorities in the United States are disproportionately exposed to toxic wastes and other environmental hazards, and cleanup efforts in their communities are slower and less thorough than efforts elsewhere. Internationally, wealthy countries of the North increasingly ship hazardous wastes to poorer countries of the South, resulting in such tragedies as the disaster at Bhopal. Through case studies that highlight the typ.