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999			_c57414 _d57414
082			_a363.7285 _bVEN
100			_aVenkateswaran, Sandhya _973416
245			_aWealth of waste : waste pickers, solid wastes and urban development
260			_aNew Delhi _bFriedrich-Ebert-Stiftung _c1994
300			_avii,96,iip.
505			_aTable of Contents: Introduction Development Trends and Urbanisation 1 Women and Children as Workers 8 Need for an Alternate Model for Urban Development 11 Solid Waste Management in India practices And Issues Generation of Waste 14 Waste Management Practices 20 Environmental Aspects of Waste Storage/Disposal 24 Investments in Solid Waste Management 26 Extent and Coverage of Solid Waste Management Services and Emerging Issues 28 Waste or Resource? -Issues in Recycling Nature of Recycling Activities 33 Extent of Current Recycling and Future Potential 35 Economic and Ecological Implications of Recycling 38 The Processes of Resource Recovery for Recycling 39 Profile of Waste Pickers Social and Demographic Profile 41 Waste Pickers as Migrants 44 The Compulsions for Scavenging 46 Conditions around Waste Picking 49 Economic and Work Profile 52 Intra Household Dynamics of Waste Picking 57 Occupational Mobility 61 Role of Waste Pickers in Waste Management Ecological Contributions 65 Economic Contributions 66 Government and NGO Responses Government Policy and Initiatives 69 Non-Government Responses 71 Interventions from Private Entrepreneurs 81 Conclusion 85 References 93
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890			_aIndia
891			_aGratis
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