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People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt
- Title
- People and pollution : cultural constructions and social action in Egypt / Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, Salah el-Haggar.
- Author
- Hopkins, Nicholas S.
- Publication
- Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2001.
- ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TD188.5.E33 H66 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxiii, 192 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Pollution > Social aspects > Egypt
- Pollution > Egypt
- Environmental degradation > Egypt
- Environmental health > Psychological aspects
- Environmental degradation
- Environmental health > Psychological aspects
- Pollution
- Pollution > Social aspects
- Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
- Sozialverhalten
- Umweltbewegung
- Umweltschutz
- Umweltverschmutzung
- Umweltverschmutzung
- Bevölkerung
- Verhalten
- Umweltbewusstsein
- Environmental degradation > Egypt
- Pollution > Environmental aspects > Egypt
- Pollution > Social aspects > Egypt
- Egypt
- Ägypten
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- Note
- "Dar-el-Kutub no. 4677/01"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-188) and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9774246632
- 9789774246630
- 9774245725
- 9789774245725
- LCCN
- 2002360697
- OCLC
- ocm48406951
- 48406951
- SCSB-9217542
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library