I'm looking for research on the drivers of unequal infrastructure siting (environmental injustice), especially on the disproportionate ability of communities to oppose bad projects.
The final report of a Study of the Influence of Built Structures on the Fisheries of the Tonle Sap, available at https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-document/66023/37576-cam-tacr.pdf, may be of related interest. (A shorter associated document is at Book Influence of built structures on Tonle Sap fisheries : synth...
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Here's a short list of some recent, relevant studies:
Brulle, Robert J., and Diane M. Sicotte. "Social movements for environmental justice through the lens of social movement theory." In The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Justice, pp. 25-36. Routledge, 2017.
Dhillon, Carla May. "Using citizen science in environmental justice: participation and decision-making in a Southern California waste facility siting conflict." Local Environment 22, no. 12 (2017): 1479-1496.
Fields, Kimberly P. "Beyond Protest: The Effects of Grassroots Activism on Maryland and Pennsylvania's Responses to Environmental Justice." Environmental Justice 11, no. 1 (2018): 15-28.
Stretesky, Paul B., and Ruth McKie. "A perspective on the historical analysis of race and treatment storage and disposal facilities in the United States." Environmental Research Letters 11, no. 3 (2016): 031001.
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