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EquityAdditional readings:
Bryant, Bunyan and Paul Mohai, eds. 1992. Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards: A Time for Discourse. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
Bullard, Robert, ed. 1993. Confronting Environmental Racism: Voices from the Grassroots. Boston: South End Press.
Pulido, Laura. 1996. Environmentalism and Economic Justice: Two Chicano Struggles in the Southwest. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
Sachs, Aaron. 1995. Eco-Justice: Linking Human Rights and the Environment. Worldwatch Paper 127.
Westra, Laura and Peter S. Wenz, eds. 1995. Faces of Environmental Racism: Confronting Issues of Global Justice. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Return to topToman, Michael. 1992 . "The Difficulty in Defining Sustainability." Resources 106 (Winter): 3-6.
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Norgaard, R. 1991. Sustainability as Intergenerational Equity: The Challenge to Economic Thought and Practice. The World Bank, Asia Regional Series, Internal Discussion Paper IDP97, Washington D.C.
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Return to top(See also Eco-Feminist Theory) Ghai, Dharam. 1994. "Environment, Livelihood and Empowerment." Development and Change 25 (1): 1-11.
Additional readings:
Carr, M. 1984. Blacksmith, Baker, Roofing-sheet Maker: Employment for Rural Women in Developing Countries. London: Intermediate Technology.
Centre of Biodiversity of the National Museums of Kenya. 1995. Our Life: A View of Maasai Women.
Elson, D. and N. Redclift. 1992. Gender and Sustainable Development. London: Overseas Development Agency.
Emberson-Bain. 'Atu (Ed.). 1994. Sustainable Development or Malignant Growth? Perspectives of Pacific Island Women. Marama Publications.
Heyzer, Noeleen and Vivienne Wee. 1996. Gender, Poverty and Sustainable Development: Towards a Holistic Framework. Engender.
James, Valentine Udoh (Ed.). 1995. Women and Sustainable Development in Africa. Praeger.
Lewenhak, S. 1992. The Revaluation of Women's Work. London: Earthscan.
Shiva, Vandana. 1989. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development. London: Zed Books.
Townsend, Janet Gabriel. 1995. Women's Voices from the Rainforest. Routledge.
Wallace, Tina and Candida March (Eds.). 1991. Changing Perceptions: Writings on Gender and Development. Oxfam Publications.
Warren, Sarah T. (Ed.). 1992. Gender and Environment: Lessons from Social Forestry and Natural Resource Management. Aga Kan Foundation Canada.
Wickramsinghe, Anoja. 1994. Deforestation, Women and Forestry: The Case of Sri Lanka. International Books.
Women's Feature Service. 1993. The Power to Change: Third World Women Changing Their Environment. Zed Books/Kali for Women.
Young, Gay, Vidyanali Samarasinghe and Ken Kusterer (Eds.). 1993. Women at the Center: Development Issues and Practices for the 1990s. Kumarian Press.
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Platt, Anne E. 1996. Infecting Ourselves: How Environmental & Social Disruptions Trigger Disease. Worldwatch Paper 129.
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Durning, A. B. 1989. Action at the Grassroots: Fighting Poverty and Environmental Decline. Washington: Worldwatch Institute.
Lipton, M. 1991. "A Note on Poverty and Sustainability." Institute of Development Studies 22(4): 12-16.
Olpadwala, P. and W. Goldsmith. 1992. "The Sustainability of Privilege: Reflections on the Environment, the Third World City, and Poverty." World Development 20(4): 627-640.
Steady, Filomena Chioma (Ed.). 1993. Women and Children First: Environment, Poverty and Sustainable Development. Schenkman Books.
World Bank. 1990. World Development Report 1990: Poverty. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
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