Environmental communication among minority populations

Publication Type

Edited Book

Publication Date

6-2018

Abstract

There are many current socio-environmental conflicts and problems around the world that affect distinct nationalities, races, or ethnicities. Part of the solution to these issues involves interdisciplinary scholarship to make sense of the communication challenges that are involved. However, current research in this area has lacked clear focus on the ways in which environmental issues are culturally and socially constructed by racial and ethnic minorities. This volume aims to improve our understanding of culturally bounded rationalities across racial and ethnic groups facing environmental challenges, as they relate to the formation of environmental identities, environmental injustice, political activism, public engagement, and media representations, among others. The ideas presented in this book dovetail with the idea that environmental communication scholars and practitioners can effectively intervene to engage ethnic groups that traditionally are not included in decision making or deliberation processes that directly affect their livelihoods. Considering problems such as the siting of industrial facilities, flooding, droughts, climate change, and air and water pollution.

Discipline

Environmental Sciences | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | Nature and Society Relations

Research Areas

Integrative Research Areas

First Page

1

Last Page

132

ISBN

9780815356844

Identifier

10.4324/9781351127080

Publisher

Routledge

City or Country

London

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351127080

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