Being Smart (Growth) About Justice: Can the Obama Administration Undo Decades of Environmental Injustice Via Smart Growth?

Seattle Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming

UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-18

15 Pages Posted: 14 Nov 2010

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Jamie Baker Roskie

University of Georgia School of Law

Stinson Ferguson

Independent

Ellen Yen-Kohl

Independent

Date Written: November 12, 2010

Abstract

This article focuses on the Obama administration's potential impact on environmental justice issues, particularly through EPA's Smart Growth program and partners. The article will also consider whether the new emphasis at EPA might be helpful in local communities, including UGA Land Use Clinic's client Newtown Florist Club of Gainesville, Georgia.

Keywords: environmental law, environmental justice, environmental protection agency, EPA, Smart Growth, land use, agency administration

JEL Classification: K32

Suggested Citation

Roskie, Jamie Baker and Ferguson, Stinson and Yen-Kohl, Ellen, Being Smart (Growth) About Justice: Can the Obama Administration Undo Decades of Environmental Injustice Via Smart Growth? (November 12, 2010). Seattle Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming , UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-18, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1707026

Jamie Baker Roskie (Contact Author)

University of Georgia School of Law ( email )

225 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30602
United States

Stinson Ferguson

Independent ( email )

Ellen Yen-Kohl

Independent

United States

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