LA JUSTICIA MEDIOAMBIENTAL COMO NUEVO PARADIGMA
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Resumen. La justicia medioambiental como nueva forma de enfocar los problemas medioambientales representa una opción todavía inexplorada en el espacio europeo. En su origen estuvo centrada en una temática específicamente estadounidense: el grado de participación de las minorías negra e hispana en lar cargas y beneficios medioambientales, acuñando los conceptos de “injusticia medioambiental” y de “racismo medioambiental”. Sin embargo, hoy en día representa un nuevo modo de “medir” los impactos medioambientales y este artículo propone un acercamiento al concepto de la justicia medioambiental, analizando sus elementos más característicos, así como los argumentos críticos que se han esgrimido, aportando las bases para un debate científico.
Palabras clave: Medio ambiente y desarrollo; justicia; gobierno; políticas públicas.
Abstract. Environmental justice as a new approach to environmental questions constitutes a non-explored option in the European scope. It was originally focused on American topics (the fair distribution of environmental charges and benefits, especially as concerns to black and latino communities), coining the concept of “environmental injustice” and “environmental racism”. Nonetheless, at the present time, it represents a new way of measuring environmental impacts. So, this article provides an approach to environmental justice, an analysis of its most characteristic features and an exam of its critical arguments, offering new grounds to the scientific debate.
Key words: Environment and development; justice; government policy.
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