RT Article
T1 Toxic Cities: Globalizing the Problem of Waste
JF Social justice
VO 35
IS 3
SP 107
OP 119
A1 White, R. D. 1956-
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747156779
AB Part of a special issue on war, crisis, and transition. The writer explores the challenges relating to toxic waste disposal and the global character of some forms of “resolving” this problem. He presents a case study of a toxic event that occurred in August 2006 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, which is reverberating legally and politically within the West African nation and in Europe, the U.K., and Jamaica. The writer describes the toxic waste dumping event, the reaction of “responsible” parties, and the aftermath of the event. He identifies multiple players, diverse interests, and conflicting purposes underpinning toxic waste disposal, and he highlights the importance of the internationalization and globalization of the problem in understanding how such events as the dumping in Abidjan occurred.
K1 Petroleum waste
K1 Sodium hydroxide
K1 Hazardous substances
K1 Waste disposal sites
K1 Hazardous wastes
K1 Waste management
K1 Hazardous waste management industry
K1 Hazardous waste sites