De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)

Childhood asthma is a respiratory disease whose prevalence is increasing in industrialized countries. In New York, childhood asthma is twice the national average, and even three times in the South Bronx, a low-income industrialized area located North of the city. The increase of asthma tends to be m...

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Main Author: Flaminia Paddeu
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Language:fra
Published: Réseau Développement Durable et Territoires Fragiles 2013-07-01
Series:Développement Durable et Territoires
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/9779
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description Childhood asthma is a respiratory disease whose prevalence is increasing in industrialized countries. In New York, childhood asthma is twice the national average, and even three times in the South Bronx, a low-income industrialized area located North of the city. The increase of asthma tends to be more and more linked to environmental factors such as air pollution. Originally a public health problem, asthma has become an environmental health challenge. But since the 1980's, asthma in New York has been used as a political and rhetorical tool serving environmental justice advocacy. The case study of Hunts Point (South Bronx) allows us to study strategies for the use of asthma by local activists, as an issue at the intersection between air pollution and social and racial inequalities.
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spelling doaj-art-a85f565256804bc39c6ecc842c0944ef2025-02-05T16:35:53ZfraRéseau Développement Durable et Territoires FragilesDéveloppement Durable et Territoires1772-99712013-07-01410.4000/developpementdurable.9779De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)Flaminia PaddeuChildhood asthma is a respiratory disease whose prevalence is increasing in industrialized countries. In New York, childhood asthma is twice the national average, and even three times in the South Bronx, a low-income industrialized area located North of the city. The increase of asthma tends to be more and more linked to environmental factors such as air pollution. Originally a public health problem, asthma has become an environmental health challenge. But since the 1980's, asthma in New York has been used as a political and rhetorical tool serving environmental justice advocacy. The case study of Hunts Point (South Bronx) allows us to study strategies for the use of asthma by local activists, as an issue at the intersection between air pollution and social and racial inequalities.https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/9779environmental justiceair pollutionenvironmental healthasthmainequalitiesNew York
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De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
Développement Durable et Territoires
environmental justice
air pollution
environmental health
asthma
inequalities
New York
title De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
title_full De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
title_fullStr De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
title_full_unstemmed De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
title_short De la santé environnementale à la justice environnementale : l'enjeu de l'asthme infantile dans le South Bronx (New York)
title_sort de la sante environnementale a la justice environnementale l enjeu de l asthme infantile dans le south bronx new york
topic environmental justice
air pollution
environmental health
asthma
inequalities
New York
url https://journals.openedition.org/developpementdurable/9779
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