Waste Management in Spatial Environments: (Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics)

About the Book

There are enormous challenges in establishing policing systems in young democracies. Such societies typically have a host of unresolved pressing social, economic and political questions that impinge on policing and the prospects for reform. There are a series of hugely important questions arising in this context, to do with the emergence of the new security agenda, the problems of transnational crime and international terrorism, the rule of law and the role of the police, security services and the military. This is a field that is not only of growing academic interest but is now the focus of a very significant police reform 'industry'. Development agencies and entrepreneurs are involved around the globe in attempts to establish democratic police reforms in countries with little or no history of such activity. Consequently, there is a growing literature in this field, but as yet no single volume that brings together the central developments. This book gathers together scholars from political science, international relations and criminology to focus on the issues raised by policing within developing democracies examining countries in Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and Africa.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Alessio D'Amato, Massimiliano Mazzanti and Anna Montini Part I: The Italian Environment of Waste Management: Spatial analyses, convergence, illegal markets and policy assessments 1. A |Dynamic Assessment of Italian Landfill Taxes Dario Biolcati Rinaldi, Francesco Nicolli, Virginia Turchi and Michela Zappaterra 2. Measuring the Impact of Economic Incentives in Waste Sorting Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari, Marco Piovesan and Lorenzo Valmasoni 3. Waste Generation and Delinking: A theoretical model with empirical application to the Italian municipalities Graziano Abrate and Matteo Ferraris 4. A Note on Illegal Waste Disposal, Corruption and Enforcement Alessio D’Amato and Mariangela Zoli 5. Separate Collection Target: Why 65% in 2012? Campania case study Giacomo D’Alisa and Maria Federica Di Nola Part II: The International Setting: Waste trade drivers, convergence and policy making in spatial-framed environments 6. International Waste Trade: Impacts and drivers Massimiliano Mazzanti and Roberto Zoboli 7. Do Weak Environmental Regulations Determine the Location of US Exports of SLABs and Lead Waste? Derek Kellenberg 8. The Political Cost of Residual Municipal Solid Waste Taxation: Perception versus reality Simon De Jaeger

About the Author :

Alessio D’Amato is Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Public Economics and Environmental Economics at the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy. His research activity is focused on incentive theory, environmental regulation under asymmetric information, waste policy in the presence of illegal disposal and organized crime, and emissions trading.

Massimiliano Mazzanti is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Ferrara, Italy. His research deals with environmental policy, the economics of innovation, waste management and policy, and climate change and development.

Anna Montini is Assistant Professor in Economics, and Lecturer in Environmental Economics at the University of Bologna, Italy. Her main research interests lie in environmental economics and policy, waste management and environmental-economic performance at the spatial level.

Review :
'...excellent and comprehensive...impressively detailed.' 'The editors of this book must be commended for their recruitment of authors; every chapter demonstrates understanding of the country described as well as critical analysis of the policing regime. Hinton and Newburn have also achieved the much more difficult task of creating a sense of a book as a whole, with similar themes considered in each chapter and drawn out in the introduction. This book will be of interest to anyone studying developing countries, as success in police reform is a key indicator of democratic progress. It should also interest all students of policing as international comparisons provide valuable perspective. The book's clear structure and organization, along with the accessible style of writing adopted by all chapter authors means that the book can be recommended to all interested prospective readers, even those with little prior knowledge of the subjects covered.' -Brian Stout, De Montfort University, in Policing, vol 5 iss 4