Eugena Choi - STAR Program 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified environmental injustices across the globe and particularly in minority comprised communities. Research on environmental justice and inequalities has significantly increased during the last two decades in various disciplinary fields. However, attention to developing countries has been limited in environmental justice research. Similarly, the multi-scale and long-term effects of COVID-19 as a catalyzer of environmental inequalities remain unknown. From existing in this current pandemic and far from normal world, it has become apparent how responses to COVID-19 in cities across the US have created an economic and socioeconomic divide. As a result, an increase in acts of environmental injustices becomes more likely.