Sheila R Foster
Biographic Data
| ID | 8226403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheila R Foster |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheila R |
| FAMILY NAME | Foster |
| SIGNATURE | FOSTER S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3701-1657 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Racialized Landscapes and Climate Adaptation Economies
This article examines how the enduring legacies of racial capitalism and discriminatory land policies shape climate vulnerability and adaptation in US cities, using Miami as a primary example. It highlights how flooding and heat waves disproportionately impact marginalized, historically disinvested neighborhoods, which are further threatened by displacement resulting from “climate gentrification.” Miami illustrates these dynamics, as affluent res…
Racialized Landscapes and Climate Adaptation Economies
This article examines how the enduring legacies of racial capitalism and discriminatory land policies shape climate vulnerability and adaptation in US cities, using Miami as a primary example. It highlights how flooding and heat waves disproportionately impact marginalized, historically disinvested neighborhoods, which are further threatened by displacement resulting from “climate gentrification.” Miami illustrates these dynamics, as affluent res…
Can micropolitan areas bridge the urban-rural divide
In this Article, we explore a subset of the urban-rural divide and propose a mechanism for reducing its economic and political effects within that limited realm. Specifically, we focus on the subset of rural areas that lie within what the Office of Management and Budget defines as micropolitan areas. Micropolitan areas are characterized by an urban area with a population between 10,000 and 50,000, and adjacent rural counties. Data suggest that ru…
Innovation and equality
Networked computing affords users distinct opportunities to communicate with each other, build relationships, transact business, and create. Yet, the digital divide perpetuates existing disparities between social groups. Interventions that rely on private ownership or philanthropy often fall short. Efforts to redress these disparities require collaboration across academic disciplines and with government and private sector organizations. This pape…
Four. Buttonwillow
THREE. Environmental Racism
TWO. The Political Economy of Environmental Racism
ONE. A History of the Environmental Justice Movement
Seven. Transformative Politics
SIX. In Defense of Mother Earth
Five. Processes of Struggle
Vulnerability, equality and environmental justice
The racial and ethnic disparities in the distribution of polluting facilities and other environmental hazards result in part from historic zoning practices in the early twentieth century that separated immigrant and African American communities by building tenements and other low-income housing in industrial districts. Today, the processes that result in the concentration of polluting sources in poor, minority communities are neutral on their fac…
The Legal Discourse Surrounding the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan
From the Ground Up
A critical look at the movement for environmental justiceWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities—gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activi…
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From the Ground Up
A critical look at the movement for environmental justiceWhen Bill Clinton signed an Executive Order on Environmental Justice in 1994, the phenomenon of environmental racism—the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, particularly toxic waste dumps and polluting factories, on people of color and low-income communities—gained unprecedented recognition. Behind the President's signature, however, lies a remarkable tale of grassroots activi…
The Legal Discourse Surrounding the Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan
Vulnerability, equality and environmental justice
The racial and ethnic disparities in the distribution of polluting facilities and other environmental hazards result in part from historic zoning practices in the early twentieth century that separated immigrant and African American communities by building tenements and other low-income housing in industrial districts. Today, the processes that result in the concentration of polluting sources in poor, minority communities are neutral on their fac…
Four. Buttonwillow
THREE. Environmental Racism
TWO. The Political Economy of Environmental Racism
ONE. A History of the Environmental Justice Movement
Seven. Transformative Politics
SIX. In Defense of Mother Earth
Five. Processes of Struggle
Innovation and equality
Networked computing affords users distinct opportunities to communicate with each other, build relationships, transact business, and create. Yet, the digital divide perpetuates existing disparities between social groups. Interventions that rely on private ownership or philanthropy often fall short. Efforts to redress these disparities require collaboration across academic disciplines and with government and private sector organizations. This pape…
Can micropolitan areas bridge the urban-rural divide
In this Article, we explore a subset of the urban-rural divide and propose a mechanism for reducing its economic and political effects within that limited realm. Specifically, we focus on the subset of rural areas that lie within what the Office of Management and Budget defines as micropolitan areas. Micropolitan areas are characterized by an urban area with a population between 10,000 and 50,000, and adjacent rural counties. Data suggest that ru…
Racialized Landscapes and Climate Adaptation Economies
This article examines how the enduring legacies of racial capitalism and discriminatory land policies shape climate vulnerability and adaptation in US cities, using Miami as a primary example. It highlights how flooding and heat waves disproportionately impact marginalized, historically disinvested neighborhoods, which are further threatened by displacement resulting from “climate gentrification.” Miami illustrates these dynamics, as affluent res…
Racialized Landscapes and Climate Adaptation Economies
This article examines how the enduring legacies of racial capitalism and discriminatory land policies shape climate vulnerability and adaptation in US cities, using Miami as a primary example. It highlights how flooding and heat waves disproportionately impact marginalized, historically disinvested neighborhoods, which are further threatened by displacement resulting from “climate gentrification.” Miami illustrates these dynamics, as affluent res…
Political science (9 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic Justice (4 works) · Environmental justice (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works)