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Description of  A Spark in the Smokestacks: Environmental Organizing in Beijing Middle-Class Communities

Environmental organizing in Beijing emerged in an unlikely place in the 2000s: new gated residential communities. After rapid population growth and housing construction led to a ballooning trash problem and overflowing landfills, many first-time homeowners found their new neighborhoods facing an unappetizing prospectwaste incinerator projects slated for their backyards. Delving into the online and offline conversations of communities affected by the proposed incinerators, Read more