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Gutberlet, Jutta.,

Urban recycling cooperatives : building resilient communities / Jutta Gutberlet. - 1 online resource (175 pages) - Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy ; 17 . - Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy ; 17. .

1. Waste governance : an introduction -- 2. Situated theoretical framework for waste governance -- 3. Participatory community-based research : theory and praxis -- 4. From hazardous 'informal' recycling to decent working conditions -- 5. The social aspects of waste -- 6. Health and risk factors for waste pickers -- 7. Recycling the organic fraction of household waste -- 8. Contributions to climate change mitigation : environmental benefits from the work of waste pickers -- 9. Different ways of managing waste : from neoliberal to cooperative approaches -- 10. Final outlook : a world without waste.

ISBN: 9781315686523 9781317415381 9781317415398

Standard No.: 10.4324/9781315686523 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Recycling cooperatives.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Sustainable urban development.

LC Class. No.: HD4482 / .G87 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 334.6813637282 / G983