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

• Pubblicazione: Dordrecht ; ; Boston, : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2004.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (VIII, 309 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.72/85/09549182
• Soggetto topico: Refuse and refuse disposal - India - Hyderabad; Recycling (Waste, etc.) - India - Hyderabad; Refuse and refuse disposal - Kenya - Nairobi; Recycling (Waste, etc.) - Kenya - Nairobi
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: BaudI. S. A PostJ (Johan) FuredyChristine
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Solid waste management and recycling
• ISBN: 1-280-46188-8; 1-4020-2529-7; 9786610461882
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449896703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: GeoJournal library ; ; v. 76.