The rise and fall of a &quot;waste city&quot; in the construction of an &quot;urban   circular economic system&quot;: The changing landscape of waste in Beijing

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.12.003

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	The rise and fall of a "waste city" in the construction of an "urban circular economic system": The changing landscape of waste in Beijing
	Tong, Xin ; Tao, Dongyan
刊名	RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
	2016
关键词	Urban waste management Resources recycling Beijing INFORMAL SECTOR MANAGEMENT CHINA PEOPLE
DOI	10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.12.003
英文摘要	Waste is wicked because of its inextricable mix of social, economic, and environmental attributes. This paper presents the unexpected explosion of a "waste city", Dongxiaokou, on the northern fringe of Beijing in the 2000s and its recent crash due to urban expansion. These events occurred within the background of the municipality's efforts to remake the waste/recycling space into an "urban circular economic system". We illustrate the distressing challenge of waste as it is gradually exposed to urban governance in China. Our findings show that waste can be wicked because of the limits of its problem definition, which focuses on the environment and resources, but excludes the migrant scavengers from the local citizenry regardless their efforts for inclusion by the city. This limitation of the definition of the problem leads to conflicting values on waste and recycling between various stakeholders who are involved when the system needs to be upgraded. Conclusions suggest collaborative initiatives at the community level to build an inclusive space for recycling activities in cities in China. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41271548]; SCI(E); EI; SSCI; ARTICLE; tongxin@urban.pku.edu.cn; 10-17; 107
语种	中文
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.pku.edu.cn/handle/20.500.11897/437772]
专题	城市与环境学院
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tong, Xin,Tao, Dongyan. The rise and fall of a "waste city" in the construction of an "urban circular economic system": The changing landscape of waste in Beijing[J]. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,2016.
APA	Tong, Xin,&Tao, Dongyan.(2016).The rise and fall of a "waste city" in the construction of an "urban circular economic system": The changing landscape of waste in Beijing.RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING.
MLA	Tong, Xin,et al."The rise and fall of a "waste city" in the construction of an "urban circular economic system": The changing landscape of waste in Beijing".RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING (2016).