1 online resource (iv, 90 pages) : colour maps, colour chartsIncludes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-90).Cancer village, also known as aizhengcun in Chinese, refers to the villages that show extensive high cancer rates. These villages tend to locate in peri-urban areas around cities, and this issue is more serious in east coast China compared with other regions. Cancer village is not only a public health issue caused by water pollution, but also a social justice issue whose root causes include income gap and the systemic inequality created by hukou system. This thesis uses the lens of environmental justice to show that cancer village is a form of environmental injustice caused by pollution and social strat...