Global cities and environmental justice: how the mismanagement of waste in Rome is an environmental injustice to future generations
Rosaria Battista
Abstract
Rosaria Battista
Abstract
What is a global city? The evolution of the urbs aeterna and Rome's world heritage. Rome as a global public good and the importance of its preservation. Understanding environmental justice. The meaning of justice in political theory and environmental movement. The mismanagement of waste in Rome. Rome: an open-air garbage disposal. How waste is managed in the city. Why is the mismanagement of waste in Rome considered an environmental justice to future generations? How the current trash problem in Rome is an environmental injustice. The Roman trash issues an environmental injustice that also extends to non-contemporaries. Challenges to environmental justice in Rome.
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What is a global city? The evolution of the urbs aeterna and Rome's world heritage. Rome as a global public good and the importance of its preservation. Understanding environmental justice. The meaning of justice in political theory and environmental movement. The mismanagement of waste in Rome. Rome: an open-air garbage disposal. How waste is managed in the city. Why is the mismanagement of waste in Rome considered an environmental justice to future generations? How the current trash problem in Rome is an environmental injustice. The Roman trash issues an environmental injustice that also extends to non-contemporaries. Challenges to environmental justice in Rome.
Key concepts: Injustice, Environmental justice, Garbage, Economic Justice, Politics, Environmental ethics, Waste disposal, Environmental planning