Environmental Justice and the Displacement of Environmental Harm
Ningbo Source: cargocycling.com
Tiananmen Square Source: Associated Press
Jiangxi province Source: Associated Press
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE occurs when vulnerable, disadvantaged, minority or other groups suffer disproportionately at local, regional, or national levels from environmental risks or hazards; when they are denied access to environmental benefits and natural resources; or when they are denied participation or justice in environment-related matters.
DISPLACEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM occurs when strong communities, regions or states shift the costs of extractive activity and pollution disposal to weak ones.
China’s New Wealth Source: Getty Images
Dalian Shopping Center Source:
Dalian anti-PX demonstration Source: AP
Guangzhou anti-incinerator demonstration Source: Reuters
Beijing Landfill Source: Wang Jiuliang
Map of Beijing Dumps Source: Wang Jiuliang
Beijing Floating Population Source: Allvoices.com
Migrant worker Credit: Lu Gang
Cancer village children Credit: Lu Gang
Industrial Water Pollution Source: Greenpeace
East Hulun Buir Grassland Source: Unique China Tours
Hailar Coal Mine Source: Herry Lawford
Ganden Monastery Source: Philipp Roelli
Train to Lhasa Source: yoojing.com
PLA in Lhasa Source: Tibet Talk Blog
E-cycling in Pennsylvania Source: Lower Saucon Township
Guiyu E-waste Source: thetechnologicalcitizen.com
Cambodia deforestation Source:
Burma protests Irrawaddy Dam Source: Inter-American Dialogue
Mt. Whaleback Iron Mine, Australia Source: Reuters
China’s pursuit of oil in Latin America, Africa Source: Sam Ayres; Inter-American Dialogue
Questions…… Can the Chinese people avoid the excesses of the Global North that displaced so much environmental harm onto the developing South? Is China’s model addressing wider issues of injustice and oppression of poor, marginalized, and minority voices? Where does the international community fit in? Does the world have a responsibility to China and vice versa?