Defining and contesting environmental justice: Socio-natures and the politics of scale in the delta

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Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 807-843

  Sze, Julie ^a   London, Jonathan ^a   Shilling, Fraser ^a   Gambirazzio, Gerardo ^a   Filan, Trina ^a   Cadenasso, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Delta; Environmental justice; Scale; Socio nature; Water governance

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTA; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249134604     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00698.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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