Environmental Justice
MIT OpenCourseWare offers the full materials for this urban studies course on the environmental justice movement. It traces the movement's origins and follows current debates over how pollution, land use, and planning decisions distribute harms and benefits unevenly across race and class lines. Sessions examine claims raised by affected communities alongside the policy and civil society responses meant to address perceived inequity, with the United States as the main focus and international cases brought in for comparison. The course includes a syllabus, weekly readings, lecture topics, and assignments built around applying environmental justice analysis to real policy and planning questions. No certificate is offered; materials are free to use under MIT's open license, geared toward students already familiar with basic planning or policy concepts.