Waste Management in Spatial Environments

The increasing scarcity of land and the ever-rising amount of waste produced worldwide, coupled with the consequent change of focus by policy makers from waste disposal and recovery to waste prevention is boosting research in the ‘economics of waste’. This volume addresses waste-management and waste-disposal issues, embedding them in spatial, systemic and trade-related frameworks. The collection is policy oriented, including socio-economic and political science perspectives in order to provide an understanding of real world phenomena, and thus maximize its value for policy making. The book includes contributions on the linkages between income and waste generation and landfilling (such as the?waste Kuznets curve? conceptual framework), in addition to papers that bring together policy-oriented analysis of instrument effectiveness and the spatial nature of waste phenomena. On top of this, there are pieces of research emphasizing technological spillovers and trade at interregional and intercountry levels. The comparative analysis of policy effectiveness and efficiency at the regional and country levels is also covered, including the assessment of the potential role of illegal management of waste in determining waste performance. To give a spatial and comparative flavour, the book includes work on the evaluation of waste-related externalities, with examples covering household, industrial and special waste. The wide set of methodologies and issues included in this book make it a comprehensive starting point for scholars and policy makers interested in waste-related research.Additional ISBNs9780415687188, 9781134088553, 9781299637238, 9781134088690, 9780203383223Waste Management in Spatial Environments 1st Edition is written by Alessio D’Amato and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Waste Management in Spatial Environments are 9781134088621, 1134088620 and the print ISBNs are 9781138904903, 1138904902. Additional ISBNs include 9780415687188, 9781134088553, 9781299637238, 9781134088690, 9780203383223.