Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
- Keyword
- File Type
Articles 1 - 9 of 9
Full-Text Articles in Urban Studies and Planning
Global Trade Impacts: Addressing The Health, Social And Environmental Consequences Of Moving International Freight Through Our Communities, Martha Matsuoka, Andrea Hricko, Robert Gottlieb, Juan Delara
Global Trade Impacts: Addressing The Health, Social And Environmental Consequences Of Moving International Freight Through Our Communities, Martha Matsuoka, Andrea Hricko, Robert Gottlieb, Juan Delara
Martha Matsuoka
As ports and goods movement activity expands throughout the United States, a major challenge is how to make the adverse impacts of freight transportation a more central part of economic development, policy and planning discussions and transportation decision making. In 2009, faculty and staff from the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute of Occidental College and from the environmental health sciences and regional equity programs of the University of Southern California (USC) began a study of this evolving global trade and freight transportation system, focusing on areas in the United States where the system is expanding and where community, labor and …
The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Ground-Truth: Methods To Advance Environmental Justice And Researcher–Community Partnerships, James Sadd, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Manuel Pastor Jr., Martha Matsuoka, Michele Prichard, Vanessa Carter
The Truth, The Whole Truth, And Nothing But The Ground-Truth: Methods To Advance Environmental Justice And Researcher–Community Partnerships, James Sadd, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Manuel Pastor Jr., Martha Matsuoka, Michele Prichard, Vanessa Carter
Martha Matsuoka
Environmental justice advocates often argue that environmental hazards and their health effects vary by neighborhood, income, and race. To assess these patterns and advance preventive policy, their colleagues in the research world often use complex and methodologically sophisticated statistical and geospatial techniques. One way to bridge the gap between the technical work and the expert knowledge of local residents is through community-based participatory research strategies. We document how an environmental justice screening method was coupled with “ground-truthing”—a project in which community members worked with researchers to collect data across six Los Angeles neighborhoods—which demonstrated the clustering of potentially hazardous facilities, …
Environmental And Social Justice Movements And Policy Change In Los Angeles: Is An Inside‐Outside Game Possible?, Martha Matsuoka, Robert Gottlieb
Environmental And Social Justice Movements And Policy Change In Los Angeles: Is An Inside‐Outside Game Possible?, Martha Matsuoka, Robert Gottlieb
Martha Matsuoka
No abstract provided.
For What It‘S Worth: Regional Equity, Community Organizing, And Metropolitan America, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Martha Matsuoka
For What It‘S Worth: Regional Equity, Community Organizing, And Metropolitan America, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Martha Matsuoka
Martha Matsuoka
Regional equity has taken off as a field of research and activism in recent years. Within the general field, three important variants have emerged: community development regionalism, in which the main interest is in using regional levers to promote a new form of community revitalization; policy change regionalism, in which the main emphasis is on shifting government rules to better distribute metropolitan resources; and social movement regionalism, in which the focus is on mobilizing communities for collective action at a regional level. Drawing on a series of case studies from across the country, we argue that all these variants have …
Clean And Safe Ports: Building A Movement, Region By Region, Martha Matsuoka
Clean And Safe Ports: Building A Movement, Region By Region, Martha Matsuoka
Martha Matsuoka
No abstract provided.
The Regional Nexus: The Promise And Risk Of Community‐Based Approaches To Metropolitan Equity, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Martha Matsuoka
The Regional Nexus: The Promise And Risk Of Community‐Based Approaches To Metropolitan Equity, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Martha Matsuoka
Martha Matsuoka
No abstract provided.
Immigrant Workers Empowerment And Community Building: A Review Of Issues And Strategies For Increasing Workforce And Economic Opportunity For Immigrant Workers, Chris Benner, Tony Lopresti, Martha Matsuoka, Manuel Pastor Jr., Rachel Rosner
Immigrant Workers Empowerment And Community Building: A Review Of Issues And Strategies For Increasing Workforce And Economic Opportunity For Immigrant Workers, Chris Benner, Tony Lopresti, Martha Matsuoka, Manuel Pastor Jr., Rachel Rosner
Martha Matsuoka
No abstract provided.
Community Building, Community Bridging: Linking Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives And The New Regionalism In The San Franciscio Bay Area, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Rachel Rosner, Martha Matsuoka, Julie Jacobs
Community Building, Community Bridging: Linking Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives And The New Regionalism In The San Franciscio Bay Area, Manuel Pastor Jr., Chris Benner, Rachel Rosner, Martha Matsuoka, Julie Jacobs
Martha Matsuoka
No abstract provided.
The Emergence Of The Environmental Justice Movement And Its Challenges To Planning, Martha Matsuoka
The Emergence Of The Environmental Justice Movement And Its Challenges To Planning, Martha Matsuoka
Martha Matsuoka
Environmental justice activism has created its own ideology and begun to shift the power relationships of the environmental movement and the federal government. In doing so, this emerging environmental activism has established a multi-issue, place-based social movement. By reestablishing environmental justice within the political framework from which it originally emerged, I highlight key challenges for the field of planning and policymaking that address the environmental issues of low-income communities of color.