The emerging field of rural environmental justice studies in Australia: Reflections from an environmental community engagement program
| Autor: | Jillian Dunphy, John Rafferty, Shelby Gull Laird, Helen Masterman-Smith |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Environmental justice
Research program Economic growth 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Sociology and Political Science Community engagement Field (Bourdieu) Geography Planning and Development Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences Development 01 natural sciences Scholarship Political science Relevance (law) Rural sociology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Rural Studies. 47:359-368 |
| ISSN: | 0743-0167 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2016.04.005 |
| Popis: | This article provides insights from a recent community engagement and research program of relevance to the emerging rural environmental justice field in Australia. Following a brief summation of the Australian policy context, we review health, education, social science and environmental scholarship, which indicate few studies have been undertaken explicitly on rural environmental justice in Australia. The voices of rural residents on environmental justice issues are rarer still. We then present findings from research conducted during 2013–14 in the NSW Riverina-Murray region of rural Australia. The results give voice to a rich vein of concern and understanding relevant to rural environmental justice amongst rural residents. Survey results (n = 237) on residents' views of environmental problems are explored with a focus on causes and barriers to change. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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