Organising Waste in the City - International Perspectives on Narratives and Practices (Hardcover, New)

This book offers a critical perspective on the issue of organising waste in cities, which has often been positioned in terms of relatively narrow engineering, economic and physical science approaches. It emphasises the ways in which the notion of waste, and the narratives and discourses associated with it, have been socially constructed with corresponding implications for waste governance and local waste handling practices. Organising waste in the city takes a broad and international approach to the ways in which the issue of waste is framed, and brings together narratives from cities as diverse as Amsterdam, Bristol, Cairo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg and Managua. Organised into four main sections and with an integrative introduction and conclusion, the book not only provides new insights into the hidden stories of urban and municipal household solid waste and waste landscapes, but also connects concerns regarding urban waste to such issues as globalisation, governance, urban ecology, and social, economic and environmental justice.

General

Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	August 2013
Editors:	Maria Jose Zapata • Michael Hall
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4473-0637-5
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Waste management > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General
LSN:	1-4473-0637-6
Barcode:	9781447306375

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