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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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Landsberger, Stefan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Colección:Consumption and sustainability in Asia ; 2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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