People and pollution
Subtitle: cultural constructions and social action in Egypt
By: Nicholas S. Hopkins, Sohair R. Mehanna, Salah el-Haggar.
Contributors: Mehanna, Sohair.; Haggar, Salah el-.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cairo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Pollution -- Social aspects -- Egypt.; Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Egypt.; Environmental degradation -- Egypt.; Environmental health -- Psychological aspects.
Description: This study looks at how Egyptians in particular understand environmental problems and what their roles are in the solutions. The focus of Egyptian concerns lies not in the Western global perpective. but immediate environmetal degradation, including sewage, garbage, and noise pollution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-188) and index.
"Dar-el-Kutub no. 4677/01"--T.p. verso.