Environmental Injustice or Just the Lie of the Land: An Investigation of the Socio-Economic Class of those at Risk from Flooding in England and Wales

An outcome-based analysis using surface population models and logistic regression analysis shows that significant inequalities exist between the middle and working classes, and also between the middle classes and the inactive (the unemployed and unclassifiable classes, not the retired), in risk fact...

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Published in:Sociological research online 2007-08, Vol.12 (4), p.1-23
Main Author: Fielding, Jane
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Class
Class Differences
Discrimination
England
Environment
Environmental justice
Floods
Housing
Inactive
Inequality
Middle class
Migration
Natural Disasters
Neighborhoods
Population
Regression analysis
Retirement
Risk
Risk factors
Social Inequality
Social Justice
Socioeconomic factors
Unemployed people
United Kingdom
Wales
Working class
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Summary:An outcome-based analysis using surface population models and logistic regression analysis shows that significant inequalities exist between the middle and working classes, and also between the middle classes and the inactive (the unemployed and unclassifiable classes, not the retired), in risk factors associated with flood emergencies in all Environment Agency Regions of England and Wales except the Midlands region. This analysis demonstrates overall inequality is reproduced in both the fluvial and tidal flood plains, although that within the tidal flood plains is especially significant and more pronounced in some areas, especially, in the Eastern regions of England. The paper then discusses whether this inequality is unjust or discriminatory, and considers that further, more process-driven, analysis would be necessary to explore this issue, especially looking at neighbourhood generation processes with respect to migration into and out of areas.
ISSN:1360-7804
1360-7804
DOI:10.5153/sro.1570