M. Laituri et A. Kirby, FINDING FAIRNESS IN AMERICA CITIES - THE SEARCH FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE, Journal of social issues, 50(3), 1994, pp. 121-139
This article argues that any consideration of green justice cannot be
limited solely to wilderness areas; it must include natural resources
as they are manifested in urban areas. We discuss the ways in which re
sidents' images of the natural world are shaped by various institution
al forces, including corporations and government of all types. We link
up these insights to the growing recognition that there exists an ine
quitable distribution of natural resources within American cities, a p
henomenon identified by residents as ''environmental racism''. We argu
e that in order to analyze this situation, it is necessary to generate
new analytical tools, and an Environmental Equity Assessment (EEA) is
presented. The use of the EEA is presented in a brief case study of T
ucson, Arizona.