Environmental justice a reference handbook / [electronic resource] :
David E. Newton
- 2nd ed.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2009
- 1 online resource (xix, 308 p.)
- Contemporary world issues .
- Contemporary world issues .
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index
Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Resources
Offers a current overview of the environmental inequities faced by poor and minority communities and the development of the grassroots movement working to address them