Environmental Justice: Lessons on Definition and Delivery from Scotland
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 52, No. 6, 2009
34 Pages Posted: 5 Jan 2009 Last revised: 24 Jun 2014
Date Written: January 5, 2009
Abstract
This paper considers the concept of environmental justice in Scotland. It reviews the research and developments in law and policy in this area, starting with the Dynamic Earth speech in Edinburgh in 2002. It analyses the findings by grouping causes and solutions to environmental justice and identifies a particularly wide definition of the concept in Scotland. It concludes that the inclusion of social justice is a defining feature of environmental justice in Scotland; however, measures to mitigate environmental injustice are being implemented in an incremental way, with the most significant achievements being through the implementation of international obligations.
Keywords: Environmental Justice, Scotland
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