The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainab... - 9781108470001

The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable DevelopmentAuthor(s): Sumudu A. Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez, Sara L. Seck\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108470001, 978-1108470001\nSynopsis\nDespite the global endorsement of the Sustainable Development Goals, environmental justice struggles are growing all over the [url] struggles are not isolated injustices, but symptoms of interlocking forms of oppression that privilege the few while inflicting misery on the many and threatening ecological collapse. This handbook offers critical perspectives on the multi-dimensional, intersectional nature of environmental injustice and the cross-cutting forms of oppression that unite and divide these struggles, including gender, race, poverty, and indigeneity. The work sheds new light on the often-neglected social dimension of sustainability and its relationship to human rights and environme.