Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.


This is the first book devoted entirely to summarizing the body of community-engaged research on environmental justice, how we can conduct more of it, and how we can do it better. It shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing actionable data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit. The book offers a critical synthesis of relevant research in many fields, outlines the main steps in conducting community-engaged research, evaluates the major research methods used, suggests new directions, and addresses overcoming institutional barriers to scholarship in academia. The coauthors employ an original framework that shows how community-engaged research and environmental justice align, which links research on the many topics treated in the chapters—from public health, urban planning, and conservation to law and policy, community economic development, and food justice and sovereignty.
 
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Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.


This is the first book devoted entirely to summarizing the body of community-engaged research on environmental justice, how we can conduct more of it, and how we can do it better. It shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing actionable data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit. The book offers a critical synthesis of relevant research in many fields, outlines the main steps in conducting community-engaged research, evaluates the major research methods used, suggests new directions, and addresses overcoming institutional barriers to scholarship in academia. The coauthors employ an original framework that shows how community-engaged research and environmental justice align, which links research on the many topics treated in the chapters—from public health, urban planning, and conservation to law and policy, community economic development, and food justice and sovereignty.
 
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Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

Ground Truths: Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice

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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.


This is the first book devoted entirely to summarizing the body of community-engaged research on environmental justice, how we can conduct more of it, and how we can do it better. It shows how community-engaged research makes unique contributions to environmental justice for Black, Indigenous, people of color, and low-income communities by centering local knowledge, building truth from the ground up, producing actionable data that can influence decisions, and transforming researchers’ relationships to communities for equity and mutual benefit. The book offers a critical synthesis of relevant research in many fields, outlines the main steps in conducting community-engaged research, evaluates the major research methods used, suggests new directions, and addresses overcoming institutional barriers to scholarship in academia. The coauthors employ an original framework that shows how community-engaged research and environmental justice align, which links research on the many topics treated in the chapters—from public health, urban planning, and conservation to law and policy, community economic development, and food justice and sovereignty.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520384330
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01/09/2024
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 338
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Chad Raphael is Professor of Communication, and Co-Coordinator of the Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative, at Santa Clara University. He has been a community organizer, funder, and researcher for environmental justice for over twenty-five years.

Martha Matsuoka is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Executive Director of the Urban & Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College. She grew up in the movement for environmental justice which continues to anchor and inform her teaching, research, and activism. 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction


Part 1: Foundations

1. Environmental Justice
Martha Matsuoka and Chad Raphael

2. Community-Engaged Research
Chad Raphael and Martha Matsuoka

Part 2: Collaborations

3. Preparation for Community-Engaged Research
Floridalma Boj Lopez, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

4. The Community-Engaged Research Process
Julie E. Lucero, Erika Marquez, Martha Matsuoka, and Chad Raphael

5. Transforming Academia for Community-Engaged Research
Felicia  M. Mitchell, Celestina Castillo, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

Part 3:Applications

6. Research Methods and Methodologies
Ryan Petteway, Sarah Commodore, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

7. Law, Policy, Regulation, and Public Participation
Carolina Prado, Zsea Bowmani, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

8. Community Economic Development
Miriam Solis, Martha Matsuoka, and Chad Raphael

9. Public Health
Ryan Petteway, R. David Rebanal, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

10. Food Justice and Food Sovereignty
Vera L. Chang, Teresa Mares, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

11. Urban and Regional Planning
Ana Isabel Baptista, Martha Matsuoka, and Chad Raphael

12. Conservation
Ashwin J. Ravikumar, Deniss Martinez, Jeanyna Garcia, Malaya Jules, Chad Raphael, and Martha Matsuoka

References
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