GPHY 227 Study Guide - Final Guide: Subprime Lending, Environmental Security, Redlining
14 Nov 2017
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Racism and uneven urban development: the case of redlining: On a global scale, regional urbanization has further reinforced the dominance of international centers of finance. Use of restricted covenants enforced racial segregation over time; communities were marked as no-go zones; Reverse redlining when minority customers are particularly sought after for expensive financial services. Non-whites disproportionally exposed to more environmental pollution and industrial hazards due to locational factors (i. e. landfills) = environmental injustice. Just sustainability conjoining of environmental and social justice movements around the promotion of environmentally sustainable and socially equitable forms of urban development; provides a way of thinking that links environmental security, racial justice and social equity. Environmental injustice in developing countries health threatening/ affect livelihood strategies; lack access to food, shelter etc. and other problems include: water shortages, sanitation, disease. Food security = problem in n. a. and europe, due to: over reliance of urban consumers on globally source food, increased cost of basic food products.
