Following things of rubbish value: End-of-life ships, chock-chocky furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 846-854

  Gregson, N ^a   Crang, M ^b   Ahamed, F ^b,c   Akhter, N ^c   Ferdous, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Consumption; Follow the thing; Furniture; Ships; Value chains; Waste

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77953491865     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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