Definitions
What is environmental justice?
Working to ensure people are not disproportionately suffering from environmental hazards
How many environmental justice principles are there?
17 principles
How is redlining connected to environmental justice?
Created and maintained racially segregated neighborhoods that are now disproportionately exposed to environmental harms
Food desert is a lack of all types of food: True or False?
False
What is environmental racism?
Communities of color are more likely to live in areas with environmental hazards
Environmental justice is directly linked with ___
Social justice
What did the LA redlining study show (Woods et al., 2024)?
Wealthy neighborhoods have more trees higher diversity of birds communities, and lower income neighborhoods have less trees and habitats for birds
Food Deserts consist of which of the following: Fast Food restaurants, Supermarkets, Liquor Stores, Fruit Stands and Farmers Markets
Fast Food Restaurants
Liquor Stores
What is the luxury effect?
Wealthier parts of cities usually have greater access to better environmental conditions
How is the creation of the Salton Sea Conservacy an example of environmental justice?
Gives legal protections to local communities that aim to create a healthy environment with clean air quality
What are the effects of redlining?
- Financial exclusion
- Inequity and gentrification
- Disinvestment and segregation
Where in the US are food deserts the most prevelent?
The South
What is the legacy effect?
Redlining continues to have impacts of urban infrastructures today
Why are communities of color at a higher risk of exposure to toxic pollutants?
Environmental racism, communities of color are more likely to live near highways, industrial facilities, and agricultural areas that produce harmful emissions
What are the four color categories of redlining?
Greens Zones= Best, good investments
Blue Zones = Still desirable
Yellow Zones= Declining
Red Zones = Hazardous
Name two out of the three ways mentioned on how to combat food deserts
Decrease Stigma, Community Involvement, and Government Policies
What is redlining?
Discriminatory practice in which financial services are denied to communities with high proportion of racial and ethnic minorities
What environmental justice principles are violated by the Salton Sea?
Principle 3: right to responsible uses of land in the interest of a sustainable planet for humans
Principle 4: right to be protected from hazardous waste disposal that threaten the right to clean air, water, and food
What impact does historical redlining have today?
Legacy effect
Residents in redlined areas missed out on decades of property appreciation
Many face threat of gentrification today
Name the three reasons how Food Deserts were created
Poor socioeconomic factors, geography, racist government policies