Cycling and Recycling

Histories of Sustainable Practices

258 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Technology has long been an essential consideration in public discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however, activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies-bicycling and waste recycling-tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.

• Reihe: Environment in History: International Perspectives
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Umwelt Umweltschutz
• ISBN: 9781789200553
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2019
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Helmuth Trischler, Ruth Oldenziel