Sustainable Scotland: Putting Environmental Justice at the Heart of the Policy Agenda?

The Scottish Executive has declared its intention of ‘putting environmental concerns at the heart of public policy and secure environmental justice for all communities’. By way of secondary analysis, the paper explores two high-profile community campaigns which convey a fundamental tension between the rhetoric and practice of environmental justice within an urban framework. A number of concerns from local communities suggest that the proclaimed enthusiasm for sustainability conceals the true cost of its implementation at a local level. The paper is of the view that environmental justice – flaunted as a core policy government commitment – throws up a range of contradictions and misconceptions, which implies the need for a more progressive and inclusive approach to the implementation of policy.

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• Authors:
  • McDowell, E
  • McWilliams, C
• Conference:
  • 4th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability (The Sustainable City)
  • Location: Tallinn , Estonia
  • Date: 2006-7-17 to 2006-7-19
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 775-783
• Monograph Title: Sustainable City IV. Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Environmental impacts; Environmental justice; Policy; Policy making; Public policy; Sustainable development; Urban areas; Urban design; Urban development; Urban transit
• Geographic Terms: Scotland
• Subject Areas: Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01042577
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1845640403
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 1 2007 8:39AM