Toxic City
Download or Read eBook Toxic City PDF written by Lindsey Dillon and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Lindsey Dillon |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2024 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520396210 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520396219 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Toxic City by : Lindsey Dillon
Book excerpt: "Toxic City examines the politics of environmental repair and urban redevelopment in a historically segregated neighborhood of San Francisco. The book argues that environmental racism is part of a broad history of harm linked to slavery and its afterlives, and that environmental justice can be considered within a larger project of reparations. The book also details how, over many decades, residents have argued that toxic cleanup and urban redevelopment ought to be a socially, economically, and ecologically reparative process that supports the self-determination of Black residents"--