This is an introduction to environmental justice topic.

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

3. ENVIRONMENTAL
JUSTICE

4. 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

5. EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

6. SUSCEPTIBILITY

7. EXPOSURE

8. 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

10. PREPAREDNESS

11. RECOVERY

12. 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

13. HEALTH DISPARITIES