EIJ Fall 2022: Group 19 Slow Disaster Case Study (Franklin High School, San Joaquin County)
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre
EIJ Fall 2022: Group 16 Slow Disaster Case Study (Jefferson Elementary, Fresno County)
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre
EIJ Fall 2022: Group 15 Fast Disaster Case Study (SHERMAN ELEMENTARY, SAN DIEGO COUNTY)
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre
EIJ Fall 2022: Group 22 Slow Disaster Case Study (Slover Mountain High, San Bernardino County)
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre
EIJ Fall 2022: Group 6 Slow Disaster Case Study (Huntington Park Senior High School, Los Angeles County)
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre
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elizabeth.diblasioThis artifact states the solutions that local lawmakers have come up with in order to effectively clean up the toxic waste in the Passaic River. There are many sources of resilience here as the E.P.A added to a superfund program worth $1.38 billion to clear the city of chemicals, pesticides, and all other contaminants that deterioate the Passaic River. This plan extends into the Belleville area as well. For three decades the E.P.A has used this Superfund program to clean up the countries' most hazardous waster sites. The efforts to clean up the Passaic are a result of the intesnse cleaning of the Husdon River and Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.
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elizabeth.diblasioThe main hazard of this artifact is the chemically polluted waters of the Passiac River and its effects on the marine life. Furthermore, it ish from the river are typically eaten by the locals. The main form of precaution exercised to avoid this health hazard would be the fish exchange tents which have been set up for locals to use exchange their catches from the Passaic with farm raised tilapia.
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elizabeth.diblasioVulnerability and resilience in this artifact are defined by the high concentration of child poverty in Essex County. They are measured using the Census from 2000 and 2015 which show how there is a trend in the percentage of children who expereince poverty within the county. Majority of the children living in poverty are currently living in heavilyu concentrated poverty neighborhoods like Newark, Irvington, and the Oranges. Although the affluent town of Milburn is nearby, it is unclear how these children continue to live below the poverty line in Newark even though the towns are only 6 miles apart.
This case study report was developed by students at the University of California Irvine for the undergraduate class, “Environmental Injustice,” taught by Kim Fortun, Margaux Fisher, Gina Hakim, Pre