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Author Corona, Gabriella

Title The problem of waste disposal in a large European city : garbage in Naples / Gabriella Corona and Daniele Fortini ; translated by Frederico Poole ; with a foreword by Paolo Mailanma [i.e. Malanima]
Published Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 229 pages)
Contents 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
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
BibliographyIndex of Names; Index of Topics
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Refuse and refuse disposal -- Italy
Environmental policy -- Italy
Refuse and refuse disposal -- Europe
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
Environmental policy
Refuse and refuse disposal
Europe
Italy
Form Electronic book
Author Fortini, Daniele
ISBN 9780773421783
0773421785
Other Titles Rifiuti. English