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to their race, level of wealth, and access to social and political resources
(Bullard and Wright 2009). Threats to local environmental quality and
human health are amplifi ed by globalization. At the same time, reversing
the expansion and deepening of spatial inequalities requires connectivity
and coordination that reaches from the local to the global. Through the
course of this topic, we see that domestic governments must not only
establish and enforce laws that protect the environment and human
rights, but also participate in international agreements that hold corpora-
tions and foreign governments accountable to global standards. While
government action is essential, the achievement of spatial justice also
appears to rest on the commitment of networked civil society actors to
monitor the activities of intergovernmental organizations, national gov-
ernments, and corporations and to ensure that the claims and concerns
of local actors are recognized within countries as well as amplifi ed
beyond borders.
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