Global justice critique extends maldistribution to natural resources and environmental harms.
Evidence
Importantly, this critique regarding inequity addresses not just the distribution of economic goods but environmental goods and bads as well. Many groups criticize the strain on natural resources as nations move to an export-led economy, and note the inequity in the distribution of natural resources, including potable water, as they are privatized. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 285
Categorization
- DEFINE: Shows distributive environmental justice being extended from goods to environmental goods/bads and privatized resources like water.
- ADDENDUM: Directly grounds the distributive dimension that the Trees infrastructure and water-as-commons theme touches.
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
- XREF: connects to: Environmental injustice spans burdens, enforcement, and unequal access to environmental goods. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 210; Environmental justice discourse centers maldistribution over recognition or participation — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 34; Some communities are treated as more expendable under global environmental racism — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 156
Broader Connections
- Environmental justice discourse centers maldistribution over recognition or participation
#contradicts(0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 34 - Some communities are treated as more expendable under global environmental racism
#expands(0.75) — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 156