PolicyMap in the Classroom (2017) - Dr. Victor Perez

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PolicyMap in the

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Victor Perez, PhD

Assistant Professor of

Sociology at the

University of Delaware

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Victor W. Perez, PhD

Examining Environmental

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• A principle of fair treatment and

involvement

– “…no population…is forced to bear a

disproportionate share of the negative human

health or environmental impacts of pollution

or environmental consequences resulting

from industrial, municipal, or commercial

operations…” (Brulle and Pellow 2006:104)

What is Environmental Justice?


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• Environmental injustice (or environmental inequality)– “a specific social group is disproportionately affected

by environmental hazards” (Brulle and Pellow 2006:104, emphasis added)

• Environmental racism– A specific form of environmental inequality

– The differential impact of economic or environmental policy, practice, or directive (intended or unintended) on communities based on race (Chavis, as noted in Brulle and Pellow 2006:105)

What is Environmental (In)Justice?


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• Historical use, de-industrialization, and legacy brownfields in South Wilmington, DE

• What’s a brownfield?– “abandoned, idled, or underutilized industrial and

commercial facilities [i.e., property and land] where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination” (Yount 1997:367, as quoted in Lee and Mohai 2012:602)

• Morello-Frosch et al. (2011) racial and ethnic community poorer health outcomes than others, and more frequently exposed to multiple environmental hazards (p.879)

A Case of Environmental Racism?

Wilmington, DE


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• Brownfields a special case of environmental racism

– Lee and Mohai (2012:603)

• “…brownfield sites, unlike hazardous waste and polluting industrial facilities, does not involve decisions about locating new facilities but rather decisions about abandoning existing facilities

– Focus on processes that account for the racial and economic dimensions of areas where brownfields are concentrated

A Case of Environmental Racism?

Wilmington, DE


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• In PolicyMap, there are few explicitenvironmental indicators– Brownfields (sourced from EPA) in the Quality

of Life section for data points

• Combine with distribution of race in a community at the local level

• Students can employ the concept of environmental racism

Environmental Indicators in PolicyMap


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Environmental Racism in Wilmington, DE?

• Single layer map

– Highlight South Wilmington, DE

– Select brownfields from Quality of Life-

Environment

• Note the different types of brownfields

– Can see all as total history in area of those

known, unknown, need cleaning, etc.

– Select racial makeup of area

• Demographics-Race-Non-White


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• 3-layer map– Highlight South Wilmington, DE

– Select brownfields from Quality of Life-Environment

– Select racial makeup of area (Demographics-Race-Non-White)

• At least 75% non-white (shows concentrated racial minority composition at census tract level)



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• 3-layer map– Highlight South Wilmington, DE

– Select brownfields from Quality of Life-Environment

– Select racial makeup of area (Demographics-Race-White)

• At least 75% white (again, shows concentrated racial minority composition at census tract level)



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• 3-layer map at the block group for Demographics-Race-Non-White at the block group level (75%) shows us that west side is increasingly not made up of racial minorities– A special case of environmental inequality due to the

redevelopment

– Brownfield redevelopment and “green gentrification”

• Condos, expensive restaurants, etc.

• 3-layer map for Demographics-Race-White at the block group level for whites at 25%

Highlight Brownfield Redevelopment

Processes


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• How social processes are located in space!– How historical processes lead to present

environmental injustice conditions

– How environmental hazard cleanup policy and incentives can re-create social inequalities in space

• How to examine local areas to test hypotheses of environmental injustice!

• How to draw critically examine sociological concept and expand their use and utility!

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