Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2021

DOI

10.5070/P537354736

Publication Title

Parks Stewardship Forum

Volume

37

Issue

3

Pages

534-540

Conference Name

2021 George Wright Society Student Summit

Abstract

In the realm of socioenvironmental justice, much discourse centers on equal access to green areas and on climate injustice in the United States. Marginalized communities, including Indigenous populations, are being excluded from current narratives surrounding the natural spaces that in many cases are historically tied to under-represented groups. This article aims to explore some of the many dimensions of environmental racism, green inequities, climate injustice, and access. The dimensions include but are not limited to racial gatekeeping, nature deprivation in low-income communities, green gentrification, light pollution, and access to clean water. The recommendations section serves as a guide during decisionmaking processes at the local, state, and federal level, as well as moving forward in offering impacted communities protection from environmental racism and socioenvironmental injustice to impacted communities.

Comments

© 2021 by the author(s).

Parks Stewardship Forum is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Original Publication Citation

Hicks, A. S., Malone, Z., Moore, M. A., Powell, R., Thompson, A., Whitener, P. A., & Williams, R. (2021). Green inequities: Examining the dimensions of socioenvironmental injustice in marginalized communities. Parks Stewardship Forum, 37(3), 534-540. https://doi.org/10.5070/P537354736

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