Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalization
Department of Thematic Studies Campus Norrköping
Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalization
A Study of Industrial Water Pollution in Tirupur, South India
Jennie Malm
Master of Science Thesis, Environmental Science Programme, 2004
Linköpings universitet, Campus Norrköping, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Institution, Avdelning Department, Division Institutionen för tematisk utbildning och forskning, Miljövetarprogrammet Department of thematic studies, Environmental Science Programme
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Titel Lokal politisk ekologi och globaliseringens påverkan- en studie av industriell vattenförorening i Tirupur, Södra Indien
Title Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalisation- A study of Industrial Water Pollution in Tirupur, South India Författare Author Jennie Malm
Sammanfattning Abstract
Globalization and international competition put pressure on local communities to adjust to international standards of price and quality in production. Tirupur in India produces clothes for exports to the first world market. Because of the process of dyeing and bleaching of fabrics the river Noyyal that flows through the town and the surrounding ground water have become polluted. At the local level actors, like the state, business, NGOs and grassroots take action in different ways depending on their interests. The aim with this thesis is both to analyze the
Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalization
A Study of Industrial Water Pollution in Tirupur, South India
Jennie Malm
Master of Science Thesis, Environmental Science Programme, 2004
Linköpings universitet, Campus Norrköping, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden
Institution, Avdelning Department, Division Institutionen för tematisk utbildning och forskning, Miljövetarprogrammet Department of thematic studies, Environmental Science Programme
Språk Language Svenska/Swedish X Engelska/English ________________ Rapporttyp Report category Licentiatavhandling Examensarbete AB-uppsats C-uppsats X D-uppsats Övrig rapport ________________
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_____ Serietitel och serienummer Title of series, numbering
URL för elektronisk version http://www.ep.liu.se/exjobb/ituf/
Handledare Tutor Anna Jonsson
Titel Lokal politisk ekologi och globaliseringens påverkan- en studie av industriell vattenförorening i Tirupur, Södra Indien
Title Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalisation- A study of Industrial Water Pollution in Tirupur, South India Författare Author Jennie Malm
Sammanfattning Abstract
Globalization and international competition put pressure on local communities to adjust to international standards of price and quality in production. Tirupur in India produces clothes for exports to the first world market. Because of the process of dyeing and bleaching of fabrics the river Noyyal that flows through the town and the surrounding ground water have become polluted. At the local level actors, like the state, business, NGOs and grassroots take action in different ways depending on their interests. The aim with this thesis is both to analyze the
References: 30 Kuik O J et al (1997), Pollution Control in the South and the North: a Comparative Assessment of Environmental Policy Approaches in India and the Netherlands, Sage Publications New Delhi/ Thousand Oaks/ London