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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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Main Author: Landsberger, Stefan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Abfall
Refuse and refuse disposal > Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Government policy.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Waste Management.
Waste treatment & disposal.
Dechets > Élimination > Chine > Pekin > Gestion.
Dechets > Élimination > Politique gouvernementale > Chine > Pekin.
Refuse and refuse disposal > China > Beijing > Management.
Refuse and refuse disposal > Government policy > China > Beijing.
China
Peking
China > Beijing.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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