Urban Recycling and the Search for Sustainable Community Development

by Adam S. Weinberg, Allan Schnaiberg, David Naguib Pellow, et al.

More Americans recycle than vote. And most do so to 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691050147
• ISBN13: 9780691050140
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"