The World's Scavengers: Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and ProductionRowman Altamira, 2007 - 303 pages A fascinating analysis of the world's scavengers as performing an important economic role in the production and consumption of food. |
Contents
Theoretical Perspectives on Scavenging | 1 |
Scavenging in Historical Perspective | 16 |
Solid Waste Management and Scavenging in the Third World | 49 |
Scavenging and Sustainable Consumption and Production | 86 |
Methodological Issues How to Study Scavenging | 108 |
Case Study Mexico | 128 |
Case Study Colombia | 152 |
Case Study Argentina | 167 |
Case Study India | 198 |
Case Study Egypt | 212 |
Globalization and Scavenging | 229 |
Conclusion and a Model of Scavenging | 249 |
Glossary | 269 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The World's Scavengers: Salvaging for Sustainable Consumption and Production G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Globalization and the environment |
| Author | Martin Medina |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Rowman Altamira, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0759109419, 9780759109414 |
| Length | 303 pages |
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