Garbage matters: Concepts in new geographies of waste

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 780-799

  Moore, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

environment; garbage; materiality; nature society; waste

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; POLITICAL THEORY; SOCIAL THEORY; WASTE;

EID: 84869188004     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132512437077     Document Type: Review

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