Intersecting hazards, intersectional identities
A baseline Critical Environmental Justice analysis of US homelessness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5115155 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erin Goodling (University of Oregon, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 833-856 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2514848619892433 |
| OpenAlex | W2995616072 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 50 |
Lacking access to stable shelter, infrastructure, and services, houseless people are exposed to a range of environmental hazards. Yet, environmental justice scholars have only begun to consider how environmental justice issues impact unsheltered people. In dialogue with Critical Environmental Justice (EJ) Studies and geographies of homelessness research, and drawing on seven years of participant observation and a national phone survey of 47 houseless community representatives, this paper begins to chart a baseline Critical EJ analysis of homelessness. I argue that understanding the environmental justice experiences of houseless people requires attention not only to direct exposure to hazards, but also to criminalization. Police sweeps in downtown and residential areas push people into toxic spaces; when houseless communities express concerns, they risk further eviction. In this way, cities overwhelmingly respond to hazard exposure with displacement, creating a cycle of criminalization, dangerous living conditions, and serial forced removals. Moreover, examining such intersecting hazards and their impacts through a Black feminist lens of intersectionality reveals how systemic violence vis-à-vis environmental hazards is multiplied and magnified for houseless people along lines of race, gender, age, disability status, and so on. By bringing Critical EJ and geographies of homelessness into conversation, with particular attention to intersectional impacts, scholars and organizers can better attend to the complex suite of issues that differentially shape the lives of houseless people and inspire resistance
Computer security · Criminalization · Criminology · Economic Justice · Environmental hazard · Environmental justice · Eviction · Intersectionality · Political science · Reproductive justice · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law
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A Narrative Political Ecology Approach to Unsheltered Homelessness and Episodic Poor Air Quality along an Urban Riparian Corridor
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| Unique citing works | 39 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 34 |