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Author:

Medina, Martin, 1960-

Title:

The world's scavengers : salvaging for sustainable consumption and production / Martin Medina.

Publisher:

AltaMira Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xiv, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Ragpickers--Developing countries.
Waste (Economics)--Developing countries.
Refuse and refuse disposal--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
Informal sector (Economics)--Developing countries.
Consumption (Economics)--Environmental aspects--Developing countries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-293) and index.

Contents:

Theoretical perspectives on scavenging -- Scavenging in historical perspective -- Solid waste management and scavenging in the third world -- Scavenging and sustainable consumption and production -- Methodological issues : How to study scavenging -- Case study : Mexico -- Case study : Colombia -- Case study : Argentina -- Case study : the Philippines -- Case study : India -- Case study : Egypt -- Globalization and scavenging -- Conclusion and a model of scavenging.

Series:

Globalization and the environment series

ISBN:

0759109419 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759109414 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0759109400 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759109407 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)77796631

LCCN:

2007009746

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)