TY - JOUR
T1 - Environmental hazards of waste disposal patterns - A multimethod study in an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev area of Israel
AU - Meallem, Ilana
AU - Garb, Yaakov
AU - Cwikel, Julie
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper was partly supported by a grant from the Middle East Environmental Futures Project at Brown University, Providence, RI; the Man in the Desert Department and the Center for Bedouin Studies and Development, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, Kibbutz Ketura, D.N. Hevel Eilot 88840, Israel.
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - The Bedouin of the Negev region of Israel are a formerly nomadic, indigenous, ethnicminority, of which 40% currently live in unrecognized villages without organized, solid waste disposal. This study, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, explored the transition from traditional rubbish production and disposal to current uses, the current composition of rubbish, methods of waste disposal, and the extent of exposure to waste-related environmental hazards in the village of Um Batim. The modern, consumer lifestyle produced both residential and construction waste that was dumped very close to households.Waste was tended to by women who predominantly used backyard burning for disposal, exposing villagers to corrosive, poisonous, and dangerously flammable items at these burn sites. Village residents expressed a high level of concern over environmental hazards, yet no organized waste disposal or environmental hazards reduction was implemented.
AB - The Bedouin of the Negev region of Israel are a formerly nomadic, indigenous, ethnicminority, of which 40% currently live in unrecognized villages without organized, solid waste disposal. This study, using both quantitative and qualitative methods, explored the transition from traditional rubbish production and disposal to current uses, the current composition of rubbish, methods of waste disposal, and the extent of exposure to waste-related environmental hazards in the village of Um Batim. The modern, consumer lifestyle produced both residential and construction waste that was dumped very close to households.Waste was tended to by women who predominantly used backyard burning for disposal, exposing villagers to corrosive, poisonous, and dangerously flammable items at these burn sites. Village residents expressed a high level of concern over environmental hazards, yet no organized waste disposal or environmental hazards reduction was implemented.
KW - GPS geographical mapping
KW - Indigenous people
KW - Mixed method research
KW - Modernization
KW - Waste management
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U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2010.486426
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2010.486426
M3 - Article
C2 - 21186429
AN - SCOPUS:79952115252
SN - 1933-8244
VL - 65
SP - 230
EP - 237
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
IS - 4
ER -
