Cairo’s Contested Garbage: Sustainable Solid Waste Management and the Zabaleen’s Right to the City

Over the decades, the Zabaleen, the traditional waste (garbage) collectors of Cairo, have created what is arguably one of the world’s most efficient and sustainable resource-recovery and waste-recycling systems. Yet the continuation of this intricate relationship between community, environment and l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wael Fahmi, Keith Sutton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-06-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/2/6/1765/