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Overcoming Racism In Environmental Decision Making (Cover Story), Robert D. Bullard

Robert D Bullard

Opening Paragraph: Despite the recent attempts by federal agencies to reduce environmental and health threats in the United States, inequities persist.[1] If a community is poor or inhabited largely by people of color, there is a good chance that it receives less protection than a community that is affluent or white.[2] This situation is a result of the country's environmental policies, most of which "distribute the costs in a regressive pattern while providing disproportionate benefits for the educated and wealthy."[3] Even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was not designed to address environmental policies and practices that result in unfair outcomes. …

El Futuro Sustentable De Los Andes, Fernando Carrión Mena

Fernando Carrión Mena

La historia registra la existencia de ciudades y la concentración poblacional en los Andes desde las culturas precolombinas. Se desarrollaron centros de gobierno fundamentalmente al interior del continente (a excepción del norte peruano en donde se estableció Chan Chan capital Chimu), pues las escasas vinculaciones culturales y comerciales entre mesoamérica y sudamérica no justificaron el traslado o desarrollo de ciudades en la costa.

Algunas ciudades andinas como Cusca -capital incaica-, Quito, Tomebamba, Cajamarca y Pachacamac constituyeron centros regionales, que desempeñaron funciones de soporte para la organización política y el sistema productivo a una escala amplia, gracias a los caminos y …

Los Angeles Urban Processes: The Tension Among Myths, High Expectations And Minimal Satisfaction,, Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

Jeffrey Ian Ross Ph.D.

No abstract provided.