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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam S Weinberg; David N Pellow; Allan Schnaiberg |
| ISBN: | 0691050147 9780691050140 |
| OCLC Number: | 43227418 |
| Description: | x, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Adam S. Weinberg, David N. Pellow, and Allan Schnaiberg. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"More Americans recycle than vote. And most do so it improve their communities and the environment. But do recycling programs advance social, economic, and environmental goals? To answer this, three sociologists with expertise in urban and environmental planning have conducted the first major study of urban recycling. They compare four types of programs in the Chicago metropolitan area: a community-based drop-off center, a municipal curbside program, a recycling industrial park, and a linkage program. Their conclusion, admirably elaborated, is that recycling can realize sustainable community development, but that current programs achieve few benefits for the communities in which they are located." "Based on a decade of research, this is the first book to fully explore the range of impacts that recycling generates in our communities. It presents recycling as a tantalizing case study of the promises and pitfalls of community development. It also serves as an account of how the state and private interests linked to the global economy alter the terrain of local neighborhoods."--Jacket.
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- Développement durable.
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