EiJ Concept: Equity
A critical exploration of the concept of equity.
A critical exploration of the concept of equity.
Enviornmental injustice researcher's program pages.
Digital collection of resources for understanding and using critical concepts to characterize and respond to environmental injustice.
Collections of readings that examine and conceptualize environmental injustice.
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“What they’re calling for instead is a divestment from mass incarceration, along with an end to bail, and an investment in health care, living wage jobs, and mental health treatment that would lead to safer communities.”
"'Sometimes [the detainees] tell [the guards], 'we not locking in becuase its too hot,' Jackson says. Such refusal has often meant calling in the Emergency Services Unit, the jail version of a riot squad. Referred to as 'the turtles' by some detainees, the ESU is known to use extreme force when bringing people back to their cells"
“safety sometimes gets pitted against profitability”
“Consequently, we see a trend where mitigating the consequences of a nuclear disaster is also increasingly being regarded as an international task.”
“We need to create a credible organization-one that combines the legitimacy of the United Nations agency and the executive vigor of an industry group.”
The arguments in the article are primarily supported by analysis of narratives given by patients who participated in an interview.
This study looks at subjects who lived in Fukushima at the time of the nuclear disaster. Specifically those who were under the age of 20 in 2015.
This article does not directly address emergency response. but emergency responders should be aware of gender violence crimes.