Contesting Urban Metabolism: Struggles Over Waste-to-Energy in Delhi, India

Antipode

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 293-313

  Demaria, Federico ^a,b   Schindler, Seth ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity frontier; Environmental justice; Political economy; Southern metropolises; Urban political ecology; Waste

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; INCINERATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN POLITICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84957432777     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anti.12191     Document Type: Article

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