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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783698103321

Titolo

Solid waste management and recycling [[electronic resource] ] : actors, partnerships and policies in Hyderabad, India and Nairobi, Kenya / / edited by Isa Baud, Johan Post, and Christine Furedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht ; ; Boston, : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004

ISBN

1-280-46188-8

1-4020-2529-7

9786610461882

Edizione

[1st ed. 2004.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 309 p.)

Collana

GeoJournal library ; ; v. 76

Altri autori (Persone)

BaudI. S. A

PostJ (Johan)

FuredyChristine

Disciplina

363.72/85/09549182

Soggetti

Refuse and refuse disposal - India - Hyderabad

Recycling (Waste, etc.) - India - Hyderabad

Refuse and refuse disposal - Kenya - Nairobi

Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Kenya - Nairobi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-303).

Nota di contenuto

Markets, partnerships and sustainable development in solid waste management; raising the questions -- Markets, partnerships and sustainable development in solid waste management; raising the questions -- Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Urban Solid Waste -- Evolving partnerships in the collection of urban solid waste in the developing world -- Collection, transportation and disposal of urban solid waste in Hyderabad -- Collection, transportation and disposal of urban solid waste in Nairobi -- Trial and error in privatisation; the case of Hyderabad’s solid waste management -- Reuse, Recovery and Recycling of Urban Inorganic Solid Waste -- Reuse, recovery and recycling of urban inorganic solid waste; modalities, commodity chains and sustainable development -- Reuse, recovery and recycling of urban inorganic solid waste in Hyderabad -- Reuse, recovery and recycling of urban inorganic solid waste in Nairobi -- Reuse of Urban Organic Solid Waste -- Urban organic solid waste:



reuse practices and issues for solid waste management in developing countries -- Urban organic solid waste: practices in Hyderabad -- Demand for compost from urban organic solid wastes in Hyderabad -- Urban organic solid waste: practices in Nairobi -- Conclusions -- Government, market and community in urban solid waste management; problems and potentials in the transition to sustainable development.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is for practising professionals and academics working in urban planning and international development: international project staff, trainers, urban development researchers and teaching staff in universities and polytechnics. Solid Waste Management and Recycling is unique in that it: -utilizes an 'integrated solid waste management perspective' in its analysis; -provides embedded case study data; -deals with both formal and informal actors and institutional arrangements in solid waste management and recycling; -has chapters written by experts from the countries concerned (Kenya and India); -can be used in graduate-level courses in urban development, urban management and planning, and technical engineering courses for students, project staff, and technical students.