View the Table of Contents. Read the Introduction.
aAgyemanas advocacy for just sustainability effectively
addresses the equity deficit of mainstream sustainability. In his
conclusion, he suggests a number of strategies that could be of use
to those of us in the design community. One of these is the concept
of an aenvironmental space, a built on the idea of a sustainable
community place. In this matrix, not only are traditional
environmental resources considered but also included in the
equation are social and economic entitlements. Environmental space
analysis is exactly the kind of hybrid problem that design
professionals commonly work with. This creative reframing of urban
space and social justice issues is a strategy that might well be
duplicated in rethinking our course projects and other scholarly
pursuits.a
--"Journal of Architectural Education"
aA lively and thought-provoking text, with informative case
study examples, which allows the reader plenty of opportunity to
follow Agyemanas reasoning and analysis.a
--"Journal of the American Planning Association"
"Covering both theory and practive, environmental organizations
are indexed according to their commitment to justice and/or
sustainability principles as set forth in their mission statements.
Examples illustrating broad issue categories of successful projects
that exemplify "just sustainability" enhance the discussion."
--"Choice," recommended
aJulian Agyeman once again pushes us all to think more
critically about how to integrate two important political and
intellectual projects. This book is at the cutting edge of research
on sustainability and environmental justice. Agyeman has set the
standard forthe next generation of studies on these critical
challenges.a
--David Naguib Pellow, co-author of "The Silicon Valley of
Dreams"
"Worth the effort."
--"In Brief"
"Julian Agyeman has provided a theoretical and empirical
foundation for making environmental justice a central focus of
sustainability. He lucidly demonstrates both the rationale and the
agenda for a 'just sustainability' that is not 'just' about
environmental sustainability. In mapping this new territory,
Agyeman has made an important contribution to scholarship that will
also be valued by practitioners."
--Mark Roseland, author of "Toward Sustainable Communities:
Resources for Citizens and Their Governments"
Popularized in the movies "Erin Brockovich" and "A Civil
Action," aenvironmental justicea refers to any local response to a
threat against community health. In this book, Julian Agyeman
argues that environmental justice and the sustainable communities
movement are compatible in practical ways. Yet sustainability,
which focuses on meeting our needs today while not compromising the
ability of our successors to meet their needs, has not always
partnered with the challenges of environmental justice.
Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental
Justice explores the ideological differences between these two
groups and shows how they can work together. Agyeman provides
concrete examples of potential model organizations that employ the
types of strategies he advocates. This book is vital to the efforts
of community organizers, policymakers, and everyone interested in a
better environment and community health.
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