In France, as in many Western democratic countries, immigration has become politically and emotionally charged, challenging democratic principles and institutions by evoking racist and exclusionary policies. This article uses a broad definition of environmental justice-to include the intersection between who lives where and the local environmental conditions such as access to jobs, decent housing, and heathful adjacent land uses-to examine a neighborhood in Paris undergoing transformation. It examines urban redevelopment in the context of environmental justice and the growing crisis in Western democratic systems in places with high numbers of immigrants. © 1996 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

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