Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice
Racial minority and low-income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Environmental justice advocates argue that these communities are on the front lines of environmental and health risks. In Noxious New York, Julie Sze analyzes the culture, politics, and history of environmental justice activism in New York City within the larger context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization. She tracks urban planning and environmental health activism...
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Examines the culture, politics, and history of the movement for environmental justice in New York City, tracking activism in four neighborhoods on issues of public health, garbage, and energy systems in the context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction: Environmental Justice in a Moment of Danger 1What's Old Is New: Public Health and Planning as Historical Antecedents to New York City's Environmental Justice Activism 27New York City Environmental Justice Campaigns: Stigma, Blight, and the Politics of Race and Pollution 49Childhood Asthma in New York City: The Politics of Gender, Race, and Recognition 91The Racial Geography of New York City Garbage: Local and Global Trash Politics 109Power to the People? Deregulation and Environmental Justice Energy Activism 143The Promise and the Peril or, Can Community-Based Environmental Justice Initiatives Reintegrate Planning and Public Health in the Urban Environment? 177Conclusion: What We Can Learn from New York City Environmental Justice Activism 207Notes 213References 245Index 269
