by Rose George · Metropolitan Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9780805082715
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«The Big Necessity» is Rose George's essay on sanitation and human waste, published by Metropolitan Books in hardcover (304 pages, in English).
Rose George investigates the taboo of human waste and travels from the sewers of Paris, London and New York to settlements in India with poor sanitation. She analyzes health risks, economic costs and environmental impact of waste management, and presents solutions such as China's biogas digesters and initiatives to end open defecation.
The first edition was published on October 14, 2008; the full title is «The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters», and it includes bibliography and index.
For nonfiction readers interested in public health, sanitation and the environment.
