English Dictionary

ecoapartheid

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A pattern in which poor and minority populations suffer more from environmental degradation than wealthy people.

日本語の意味

貧困層や少数派が富裕層より環境悪化の影響を余儀なくされる現象、すなわち環境面での不平等・差別と解釈できる。

Residents argued that the new industrial park would worsen ecoapartheid by concentrating pollution and low-quality housing in minority neighborhoods.

住民たちは、新しい工業団地が汚染と質の低い住宅を少数派の地域に集中させ、貧困層や少数派が富裕層よりも環境悪化の影響を不均衡に受ける環境的アパルトヘイトを悪化させると主張した。

意味（1）

A pattern in which poor and minority populations suffer more from environmental degradation than wealthy people.

Hence, the growing ecological sacrifice and segregation (“ecoapartheid”) of the world's people along economic and racial lines have led to charges of environmental racism and calls for environmental justice in countries as economically and socially disparate as South Africa and the United States.

ecoapartheids （ plural ）