The Co-Evolution of Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice: Cooperation, then Competition, then Conflict

Ruhl, J. B.

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The Co-Evolution of Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice: Cooperation, then Competition, then Conflict

J. B. Ruhl

Vanderbilt University - Law School

March 6, 2009

Duke University Law & Policy Forum, Vol. 9, 1998-1999
FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper

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This article explores sustainable development and environmental justice as potentially conflicting policy goals. Sustainable development includes equity as one of its five dimensions (in addition to environment, economy, time, and space), whereas environmental justice focuses principally on equity. Over time there is likely to be an increasing number of contexts in which sustainability-based policy solutions do not satisfy environmental justice advocates.

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Date posted: March 7, 2009

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Ruhl, J. B., The Co-Evolution of Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice: Cooperation, then Competition, then Conflict (March 6, 2009). Duke University Law & Policy Forum, Vol. 9, 1998-1999; FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1354736

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