A Cultural History of Waste Disposal

Auteur

Benjamin A. Lawson is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, where he has a research and teaching focus on urban-environmental history, science and technology, and teacher licensure.

Texte du rabat

This book analyzes landfill sites in New York City, Greater Toronto, and Tel Aviv, emphasizing the global scale of issues concerning waste disposal and park redevelopments. For scholars, researchers, and academics studying waste studies, the environment, cities, and sustainable development, as well as for policymakers and eco artists.

Contenu

Chapter One: A Cultural History of Waste

Chapter Two: Waste Disposal before Environmental Regulation

Chapter Three: Environmental Regulation and Constraints

Chapter Four: Waste Crisis and Sustainable Development

Chapter Five: Representing Redevelopment

Conclusion