People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt /
Hopkins, Nicholas S.
People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, Salah el-Haggar. - xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Dar-el-Kutub no. 4677/01"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-188) and index.
Foreword / H. E. Nadia Makram Ebeid --
Map 1. Greater Cairo and the lower Delta --
Map 2. Kafr al-Elow --
Map 3. Dar al-Salam --
Map 4. Sayyida Zeinab --
Map 5. Abkhas --
1. Environmental Change and Social Response in Egypt --
2. Methodology --
3. Measuring Pollution --
4. Environmental Conditions in the Research Localities --
5. Cultural Construction of the Environment and Pollution --
6. Health --
7. The Politics of Environmental Action --
8. Sustainability and a Cultural Model of the Environment in Egypt --
God Bless the Chimneys / Shahira Elmusa.
This study looks at how Egyptians in particular understand environmental problems and what their roles are in the solutions. The focus of Egyptian concerns lies not in the Western global perspective. but immediate environmetal degradation, including sewage, garbage, and noise pollution.
9774246632
2002360697
Pollution--Social aspects--Egypt.
Pollution--Egypt.
Environmental degradation--Egypt.
Environmental health--Psychological aspects.
TD188.5.E33 / H66 2001
363.700962 / H.N.P
People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, Salah el-Haggar. - xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"Dar-el-Kutub no. 4677/01"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-188) and index.
Foreword / H. E. Nadia Makram Ebeid --
Map 1. Greater Cairo and the lower Delta --
Map 2. Kafr al-Elow --
Map 3. Dar al-Salam --
Map 4. Sayyida Zeinab --
Map 5. Abkhas --
1. Environmental Change and Social Response in Egypt --
2. Methodology --
3. Measuring Pollution --
4. Environmental Conditions in the Research Localities --
5. Cultural Construction of the Environment and Pollution --
6. Health --
7. The Politics of Environmental Action --
8. Sustainability and a Cultural Model of the Environment in Egypt --
God Bless the Chimneys / Shahira Elmusa.
This study looks at how Egyptians in particular understand environmental problems and what their roles are in the solutions. The focus of Egyptian concerns lies not in the Western global perspective. but immediate environmetal degradation, including sewage, garbage, and noise pollution.
9774246632
2002360697
Pollution--Social aspects--Egypt.
Pollution--Egypt.
Environmental degradation--Egypt.
Environmental health--Psychological aspects.
TD188.5.E33 / H66 2001
363.700962 / H.N.P