The urban political ecology of plastic bag waste problem in Nairobi, Kenya

Geoforum

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1046-1058

  Njeru, Jeremia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption fund; Environmental justice; Kenya; Nairobi; Plastic bags; Political ecology; Solid waste

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; PLASTIC WASTE; SOLID WASTE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN POLITICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750496642     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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