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1 online resource (xix, 229 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and indexes. |
| Summary |
This essay owes its significance to a carefully constructed case study. It examines environmental policies in one particular city, Naples, Italy. But it shows events that could happen anywhere. Re-establishing the cycle of nature through recycling is an exceptionally difficult task. These authors show how the people of Naples attempted to establish environmentally sound policy initiatives by considering all possible solutions. After much deliberation they opted for more efficient methods of waste disposal. The waste disposal issue in Naples has been at the center of media attention. It raises q. |
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The Problem of Waste Disposal in a Large European City: Garbage in Naples; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. A Controversial Decision; 1.1. The reasons for the crisis; 1.2. The 1997 plan; 1.3. An unwritten pact; 2. Why not look up to Europe?; 2.1. Energy from waste; 2.2. Who are the polluters?; 3. The Construction of Common Sense; 3.1. Interpretations of parliamentary commissions; 3.2. Legality; 4. The Rhetoric of Environmentalism; 4.1. The limits of recycling; 4.2. The cost of household waste sorting; 4.3. Italy's records. |
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5. Stereotypes, ""North-Centrism, ""and Misinterpretation5.1. Representations; 5.2. A question of trust; 5.3. Who are the controllers?; 5.4. Criminal infiltration; 5.5. Toxic waste and polluting companies; 6. Conflict; 6.1. The energy recovery plant; 6.2. Dioxin; 6.3. Reliability; 6.4. A long mobilization; 6.5. Waste and democracy; 7. Waste, Nature, and Development; 7.1. Bioenergies; 7.2. Waste and nature as a system; 7.3. The regeneration of matter; 7.4. How should we grow?; 8. Gaps; 8.1. The fragility of the South; 8.2. Scenarios; 8.3. Is the emergency over?; 8.4. An unresolved issue. |
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BibliographyIndex of Names; Index of Topics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Italy.
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Refuse and refuse disposal. |
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Italy. |
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Environmental policy -- Italy.
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Environmental policy. |
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Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe.
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Europe. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Fortini, Daniele.
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| Added Title |
Rifiuti. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Corona, Gabriella. Rifiuti. English. Problem of waste disposal in a large European city. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773429055 (DLC) 2012017523 (OCoLC)792884955 |
| ISBN |
9780773421783 (electronic book) |
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0773421785 (electronic book) |
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9780773429055 |
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0773429050 |
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