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People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, Salah el-Haggar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, [2001]Copyright date: ©2001Description: xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9774246632
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.700962 21 H.N.P
LOC classification:
  • TD188.5.E33 H66 2001
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Main library A6 Commerce and business administration ( HR Management ) 363.700962 H.N.P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00014717

"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.

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