Urban Recycling Cooperatives - Building Resilient Communities

Informationen zum Autor Jutta Gutberlet is Associate Professor in the Geography Department at the University of Victoria, Canada. Klappentext Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. Zusammenfassung Urban Recycling Cooperatives explores the multiple narratives and interdisciplinary nature of waste studies, drawing attention to the pressing social, economic and environmental challenges related to waste management. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Chapter 1: Waste governance: an introduction Chapter 2: Situated theoretical framework for waste governance Chapter 3: Participatory community-based research: theory and praxis Chapter 4: From hazardous informal recycling to decent working conditions Chapter 5: The social aspects of waste Chapter 6: Health and risk factors for informal waste pickers Chapter 7: Recycling the organic fraction of household waste Chapter 8: Contributions to climate change mitigation: Environmental benefits from the work of waste pickers Chapter 9: Different ways of managing waste: from neoliberal to cooperative approaches Chapter 10: Final outlook: a world without waste References

Product details

• Authors: Jutta Gutberlet, Jutta (University of Victoria Gutberlet, Gutberlet Jutta
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2016
• EAN: 9781138921160
• ISBN: 978-1-138-92116-0
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Advances in Regional Economics, Science and Policy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Economics, Business and Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development, Waste treatment & disposal, Urban communities, Development economics and emerging economies, Waste treatment and disposal, Research and development management