Rethinking Environmental Justice in Sustainable Cities: Insights from Agent-Based Modeling

By Adam M. Eckerd, Yushim Kim, Heather E. Campbell

Campbell, Kim, and Eckerd bring an innovative perspective to environmental justice research. Their approach adjusts the narrower questions often asked in the study of environmental justice, expanding to broader investigations of how and why environmental inequities occur. Using agent-based modeling (ABM), they study the interactions and interdependencies among different agents such as firms, residents, and government institutions. Through simulation, the authors test underlying assumptions in environmental justice and discover ways to modify existing theories to better explain why environmental injustice occurs. The pioneering research on environmental justice in this text will have effects on the field of environmental policy as a whole.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041565744X
• ISBN13: 9780415657440
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"