Beijing Garbage : A City Besieged by Waste

Beijing Garbage A City Besieged by Waste

Why do central and local government initiatives aiming to curb the proliferation of garbage in Beijing and its disposal continue to be unsuccessful? Is the Uberization of waste picking through online-to-offline (O2O) garbage retrieval companies able to decrease waste and improve the lives of waste p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Landsberger, Stefan, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2019
Amsterdam : [2019]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Consumption and sustainability in Asia ; 2.
Materias:
Abfall
Refuse and refuse disposal > Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Government policy.
Refuse and refuse disposal > China > Beijing > Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Government policy > China > Beijing.
Peking
China
China > Beijing.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431071806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table Of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 Setting The Scene - From Imperial To Present-Day Beijing
  • 2 The Circular Economy In China
  • 3 The Human Factor - Garbage Producers
  • 4 The Human Factor - Garbage Pickers
  • 5 Educating The People
  • 6 NGOs And Other Voluntary Environmental Groups
  • 7 The Politics Of Incineration
  • 8 Breaking The Waste Siege
  • Appendix - Questionnaires Used For Research In 2017
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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