OBJECTIVES
• UNDERSTAND DEFINITIONS AND PURPOSES
• DISCUSS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE

DEFINITION
• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS A MOVEMENT THAT REPRESENTS THE CONVERGENCE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND
ENVIRONMENTALISM
• IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT THAT HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES HAVE
DISSPROPORTIONATED IMPACYS ON PEOPLE DEPENDING OF RACE , LOCATION, AND INCOME
• EXTEND BEYOND AND INCLUDES ACCESS TO PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, WELL-DESIGNED COMMUNITIES

EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

SUSCEPTIBILITY

EXPOSURE

IMPACTS
• DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS A CONCEPT ORIGINALLY CENTERED ON DISPROPORTIONATE EXPOSURE
AND SINCE EXPANDED TO ENCOMPASS CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, VULNERABILITY,
INEQUITIES IN REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT, AND DISPARITIES IN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, POWER, AND
HEALTH

PREPAREDNESS

RECOVERY

RECOVERY
• THE LEGAL, PUBLIC POLICY, AND RESEARCH CHALLENGES INHERENT IN THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELATED TO INTEGRATING CIVIL RIGHTSAND SOCIAL JUSTICE CONCEPTS
INTO AN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PARADIGM
• THE COMMUNITY –BASED, COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES AND TOOLS NEEDED TO
ADDRESS THE INTERRELATED ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONCERNS OF
DISADVANTAGED, UNDERSERVED, AND OVERBURDENED COMMUNITIES

HEALTH DISPARITIES