Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador
Analyses of remote sensing data can help identify areas facing environmental challenges that put local populations at risk. However, these sometimes lack sufficient context in terms of the socioeconomic and political processes associated with environmental injustice. In this article, we present the...
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Analyses of remote sensing data can help identify areas facing environmental challenges that put local populations at risk. However, these sometimes lack sufficient context in terms of the socioeconomic and political processes associated with environmental injustice. In this article, we present the findings of our qualitatively contextualized study of spatial air pollution patterns in Ecuador, using an online self-reporting tool that documents environmental injustice globally: The Environmental Justice Atlas. Our findings supported previous work on the polluting role of industries such as oil refining and mining, as well as the greater exposure of at-risk populations, such as Indigenous peoples, compared to other demographic groups. Our findings also suggested a lack of follow-up on the part of polluting industries in the repair of the social and ecological damage caused. Application of the Environmental Justice Atlas as a means to contextualize geospatial environmental findings can be used to perform rapid-environmental assessments that take into account local socioeconomic and political processes.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f46271ce1a104bb4bee722ccd97ed67c2022-12-22T00:22:05ZengUniversidad Científica del SurSouth Sustainability2708-70772022-06-013110.21142/SS-0301-2022-e057Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in EcuadorMayra Rodriguez-Gonzalez0Kevin Torres-Garrido1Gund Institue for Environment, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of VermontIndependent Researcher, former fellow of the Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Ecuador Analyses of remote sensing data can help identify areas facing environmental challenges that put local populations at risk. However, these sometimes lack sufficient context in terms of the socioeconomic and political processes associated with environmental injustice. In this article, we present the findings of our qualitatively contextualized study of spatial air pollution patterns in Ecuador, using an online self-reporting tool that documents environmental injustice globally: The Environmental Justice Atlas. Our findings supported previous work on the polluting role of industries such as oil refining and mining, as well as the greater exposure of at-risk populations, such as Indigenous peoples, compared to other demographic groups. Our findings also suggested a lack of follow-up on the part of polluting industries in the repair of the social and ecological damage caused. Application of the Environmental Justice Atlas as a means to contextualize geospatial environmental findings can be used to perform rapid-environmental assessments that take into account local socioeconomic and political processes. https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/southsustainability/article/view/1168environmental justiceGlobal Southair pollutionenvironmental conflict |
| spellingShingle | Mayra Rodriguez-Gonzalez Kevin Torres-Garrido Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador South Sustainability environmental justice Global South air pollution environmental conflict |
| title | Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador |
| title_full | Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador |
| title_fullStr | Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador |
| title_short | Contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in Ecuador |
| title_sort | contextualizing a decade of air pollution and population vulnerability in ecuador |
| topic | environmental justice Global South air pollution environmental conflict |
| url | https://revistas.cientifica.edu.pe/index.php/southsustainability/article/view/1168 |
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