Ensuring a Sustainable Future: Making Progress on Environment and Equity

Abstract

Introduction The Environment and the Economy: Finding Equitable and Effective Solutions Jody Heymann and Magda Barrera Section 1: Moving Forward on the Environment and the Economy: Creating Jobs, Building Healthy Communities Chapter 1 The Essential Connection: Environmental Sustainability, Community Stability and Equitable Development in Struggling Cities in High-Income Countries Ted Howard Chapter 2 Community Action in Informal Settlements: Strategies for Improved Environmental Health and Equity in Low and Middle Income Countries David Satterthwaite Chapter 3 Achieving Environmental Equity: Race, Place, and the Movement to Build Healthy Communities in the United States Angela Glover Blackwell Chapter 4 Building Income and Social Equity through Environmental Sustainability: Lessons from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Mitra Thompson Chapter 5 New Skills for the Green Economy: Two Training Programs for Job Seekers in the United States Cosmin Paduraru and Kara Quennell Chapter 6 Green Social Entrepreneurship as a Poverty-Reduction Strategy: TIDE India's Use of Technological Innovation for Healthier and More Sustainable Communities Shannon Lockhart Section 2: Addressing Specific Environmental Challenges in an Economically Sustainable Way Chapter 7 Moving Towards Sustainable Urban Transport: How Can We Integrate Environmental, Health and Equity Objectives Globally? David Banister and James Woodcock Chapter 8 The New Challenges of Rapid Urban Growth: Imperatives and Strategies for Transport in India Madhav Badami Chapter 9 Healthy and Sustainable Agriculture: Working with Farmers to Transform Food Production in Latin America Donald Cole, Gordon Prain and Willy Pradel Chapter 10 Access to Healthy Foods in Urban Settings: A Comprehensive Strategy for Low-income Communities in Montreal Lise Bertrand Chapter 11 Water for Development: Investing in Health and Economic Wellbeing Globally William Cosgrove and Hakan Tropp Chapter 12 The Potential of Clean Energy for Equity in Remote Communities in the North Tim Weis Chapter 13 Remote Indigenous Populations and Climate Change: Reducing the Impacts on Health and Wellbeing James Ford and Peter Adams