TY - BOOK AU - Hopkins,Nicholas S. AU - Mehanna,Sohair AU - Haggar,Salah el-. TI - People and pollution: cultural constructions and social action in Egypt SN - 9774246632 AV - TD188.5.E33 H66 2001 U1 - 363.700962 21 PY - 2001///] CY - Cairo PB - American University in Cairo Press KW - Pollution KW - Social aspects KW - Egypt KW - Environmental degradation KW - Environmental health KW - Psychological aspects N1 - "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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy032/2002360697.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2002360697-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1409/2002360697-d.html ER -