Global Garbage: Urban imaginaries of waste, excess, and abandonment (Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism)

By: Christoph Lindner and Miriam Meissner

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Synopsis: Global Garbage examines the ways in which garbage, in its diverse forms, is being produced, managed, experienced, imagined, circulated, concealed, and aestheticized in contemporary urban environments and across different creative and cultural practices. The book explores the increasingly complex relationship between globalization and garbage in locations such as Beirut, Detroit, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Naples, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Tehran. In particular, the book examines how, and under what conditions, contemporary imaginaries of excess, waste, and abandonment perpetuate – but also sometimes counter – the imbalances of power that are frequently associated with the global metropolitan condition. This interdisciplinary collection will appeal to the fields of anthropology, architecture, film and media studies, geography, urban studies, sociology, and cultural analysis.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781317554424
Related ISBNs:: 9781315732251, 9781138841390, 9781138546455, 9781138546455, 9781138841390
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 02/13/20
Copyrighted By:: Christoph Lindner, Miriam Meissner
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Christoph Lindner
Edited by:: Miriam Meissner