Recovering Resources - Recycling Citizenship: Urban Poverty Reduction in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781138266223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 178 str.

Jutta Gutberlet

Opis

Co-operative recycling practices have been increasingly used as a strategy to contest both the waste problem and urban poverty. By examining experiences from Brazil and other Latin American countries, this book examines what can be done to improve the environment and livelihoods for those involved in waste recycling.

Recenzje

'This engaging text adds to the growing body of critical work on waste in developing world cities. Gutberlet demonstrates a substantive commitment to both policy analysis centered on participatory community development and recycling in Brazil and more theoretical scholarly discussions about consumption, poverty reduction strategies and urban political ecology.' Garth Myers, University of Kansas, USA 'Overall, Recovering Resources - Recycling Citizenship makes a passionate argument for the urgent need to address problems of solid waste management and urban growth... the book makes a needed contribution to studies of the relationship between development, environmental conditions and informal economies in Latin America. This would be a useful book for scholars, planners and perhaps activists interested in urban development, waste management and informal waste collecting in the global south.' Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Waste no Waste; Chapter 2 Cities, Consumption and Disposable Society; Chapter 3 Surviving at the Urban Frontier; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

O autorze

Dr Jutta Gutberlet is Associate Professor and Director of the Communities Based Research Laboratory in the Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Canada.