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Germany ; Nature conservation ; North Rhine-Westphalia ; Planning ; Pollution ; Toxic waste

Ethnicity ; Housing policy ; Living standard ; Medium-sized town ; Nuisance ; Risk ; Social inequality ; Town ; Toxic waste ; United States of America ; Urban environment ; Urban population

Argentina ; Córdoba ; Toxic waste ; Urban administration ; Urban environment ; Urban geography

Cave ; Drinking water ; Germany ; Groundwater ; Karst ; North Rhine Westfalia ; Pollution ; Toxic waste ; Water pollution

Environment ; Health ; Nuisance ; Pollution ; Residential environment ; Risk ; Social inequality ; Toxic waste ; United States

involved share many of the key characteristics of what is broadly described in North America as toxic waste activism. This needs to be differentiated from the more mainstream middle-class environmental movement.

Chemical pollution ; Environment ; Minority ; Nuisance ; Ohio ; Socio-economic system ; Toxic waste ; United States of America

Black Sea ; Container ; Numerical model ; Pollution ; Radioactive pollution ; Sea water ; Toxic waste

Garbage matters : concepts in new geographies of waste
Concept ; Environment ; Household rubbish ; Nuisance ; Social sciences ; Society-environment relationship ; Waste
The A. critically reviews important concepts in new geographies of waste. She focuses on both theconceptual frameworks that are used to examine issues concerning waste and the political possibilitiesproduced by understanding waste differently
. By plotting a range of concepts of waste and dualist concepts of waste and society, she contextualizes scholarship on waste within the broader discussion about the ‘rematerialization’ of geography and social science.

Barcelona ; Catalonia ; Conflict ; Economic crisis ; Land use ; Local development ; Location ; Mine ; Nuisance ; Pollution ; Restructuring process ; Spain ; Spatial competition ; Tourism ; Toxic waste ; Waste

Geochemistry ; Heavy metals ; Hydrochemistry ; North-West ; Pollution ; Radioactive waste ; South Africa ; Stream ; Toxic waste ; Uranium ; Water pollution

Crossing the threshold : municipal waste policy and household waste generation
Household consumption ; Household rubbish ; Local government unit ; Policy ; Recycling ; United Kingdom ; Waste
The AA. argue that, in order to meet the enhanced goals of waste reduction , UK municipal waste policy needs a far closer engagement with the household. They show why the potential for achieving enhanced rates of materials diversion through
recycling is limited in certain neighbourhoods. They demonstrate the potential for furthering waste reduction through the intensification of existing practices.

Legal geographies of e-waste legislation in Canada and the US : jurisdiction, responsibility and the taboo of production
Canada ; Electronic waste ; Empowerment ; Geographical thought ; Legal status ; Legislation ; United States of America
In Canada and the US states, there is a specific legislation to govern the disposition of e-waste. The work of jurisdiction around e-waste places financial responsibility for waste management on consumers, not producers. Contra the explicit intent
of the legislation, a regime of extended consumer responsibility is emerging and waste generated as a result of design and manufacturing remains taboo.

Emerging from sewage and waste : a postmodern landscape
California ; Facilities ; Polluted water ; Post-modernism ; United States of America ; Viability ; Waste
The presidential address to the Association of Pacific coast geographers (Spokane, 12 September 1997) is a call to geographers to study sewage and waste as they are used to construct postmodern landscapes. Numerous examples of creative after-uses
of sewage and waste in southern California and elsewhere are provided. - (SLD)

Canada ; Environment ; Impact study ; Montréal ; Nuisance ; Outer conurbation area ; Quality of life ; Quebec ; Social cost ; Social group ; Toxic waste

Cultural geography ; Cultural studies ; Environment ; Environmental justice ; Ethnic minority ; Health ; Minnesota ; Risk ; Sovereignty ; Toxic waste ; United States of America ; Wood industry

Agro-ecology ; Altayskiy Kraj ; Asian part of Russia ; Cobalt ; Geochemistry ; Heavy metals ; Permeability ; Phytomass ; Pollution ; Potato ; Soil ; Toxic waste ; Tuva ; Underground storage

Monor város környezetvédelmi problémái

Environment ; Hungary ; Pollution ; Town ; Waste
This paper deals with the environmental problems of a Hungarian small town, Monor. According to the A., one of the main environmental problems is the increase of the quantity of waste. In Monor until very recently only 20-30 percent of waste water
was treated. The solid waste dump is going to be full in a few years and it has to be recultivated. At the same time new solution should be found for depositing solid waste, because illegal waste dumping is already common and in the future it will probably

Mass wasting in the Swauk watershed, Washington
The A. presents a detailed, watershed-scale analysis of mass wasting in the Swauk watershed that specifically addresses : the spatial patterns of mass wasting; the types of slope failures; the factors affecting these slope failures; the relative
and absolute timing of mass wasting; and the implications of mass wasting.

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