Wedging Equity and Environmental Justice into the Discourse on Sustainability

This paper examines the problems and prospects for including meaningful indicators of intragenrational equity into the city based regional planning efforts unfolding around the globe. The central focus of the paper is on the challenges that environmental justice (EJ) activists face as they attempt t...

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Published in:TripleC 2013-01, Vol.11 (1), p.221-236
Main Author: Gandy, Jr, Oscar H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Environmental Justice
Environmentalism
Equity
Framing
Inequality
Measurement
Planning
Policy Formation
Reframing
Social and Economic Indicators
Social movements
Sustainability
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Summary:This paper examines the problems and prospects for including meaningful indicators of intragenrational equity into the city based regional planning efforts unfolding around the globe. The central focus of the paper is on the challenges that environmental justice (EJ) activists face as they attempt to frame the problem of equity in ways that the general public would see as not only informative, but compelling. After reviewing examples of successful efforts to reframe debates about equity, the paper concludes with a discussion of a set of EJ concerns and indicators that have the greatest potential for capturing public attention and commitment despite mounting resistance to the use of redistributive policies in support of sustainability goals.
ISSN:1726-670X
1726-670X
DOI:10.31269/triplec.v11i1.472