Environmental Justice

It is an unfortunate truth that people do not equally share environmental burdens such as effects of pollution, climate change, and resource depletion. A further tragedy is that those most negatively impacted tend to be those that do not have political power to improve their situation, while those that do have the political power actually create a majority of the environmental burdens. It is matter of human rights that these inequities be remedied. Davis faculty examine the ethical and legal issues surrounding this important issue.

Faculty Experts

• Thomas D. Beamish
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Environmental Justice | Economics
• Chris Benner
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Thomas A. Cahill
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Atmospheric Science | The Climate Past | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Air Quality | Policy, Governance
• Hossein Farzin
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Policy, Economics | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Richard Frank
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Joyce Gutstein
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Education and Outreach
• Jonathan K. London
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Environmental Justice
• WScott McLean
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Wildlife | Rivers | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Education and Outreach
• Beth Rose Middleton
  Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach | Business, Management | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Roberta L Millstein
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Environmental Justice | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics | Policy, Governance
• Suzana M Sawyer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Population, Community Ecology | Land Use Planning | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Julie Sze
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Environmental Justice
• Michael Ziser
  Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Environmental Justice | Food, Agriculture | Arts & Literature | Education and Outreach