Environmental economic geography and environmental inequality: challenges and new research prospects

Braun Boris (), Oßenbrügge Jürgen and Schulz Christian
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Braun Boris: Geographisches Institut, Universität zu Köln, Albertus Magnus Platz, 50923 Köln, Germany
Oßenbrügge Jürgen: Institut für Geographie, Universität Hamburg, Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
Schulz Christian: Maison des Sciences Humaines, Université du Luxembourg, 11, Porte des Sciences, 4366 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2018, vol. 62, issue 2, 120-134

Abstract: The environmental dimension and sustainability-related issues have increasingly gained momentum in Economic Geography. This paper argues that integrating the inequality perspective into Environmental Economic Geography (EEG) and trying to disentangle the manifold interrelationships between economic, social, and environmental disadvantage could be worthwhile efforts. Based on three case studies – the debate on urban environmental justice in German cities, the spread of alternative food systems and food-sharing initiatives in Germany, and the socially selective migration in hazard prone areas in rural coastal Bangladesh – we demonstrate that aspects of social inequality indeed matter for EEG thinking.

Keywords: alternative food systems; environmental economic geography; environmental justice; inequality; migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2018-0001

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