caa a22 4500 467897956 CHVBK 20180406152809.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10708-005-3122-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10708-005-3122-3 Characteristics, threats and opportunities of landfill scavenging: The case of Gaborone-Botswana [Elektronische Daten] [Batsumi Rankokwane, Thando Gwebu] In Gaborone, as in other large cities in the developing world, individuals try to make a living by engaging in novel occupations such as landfill scavenging. This paper reports on a research conducted in the Gaborone landfill, the largest in Botswana. The study content-analyzed available literature from other countries. It also relied mainly on direct field observations. The discussions on and answers to closed and interview schedules by stakeholders, affected- and- interested - persons, provided the information on the threats and opportunities related to the landfill site and its informal management activities. This on-going case study lends credence to the potential of scavenging in sustaining livelihoods among those who cannot secure employment in the formal urban market. Scavenging tends to be useful although it may hazardous to the informal entrepreneurs. Taking all the threats into consideration, the decommissioning and closure of the landfill seems inevitable, in spite of the apparent short-term livelihood opportunities it provides to the informal sector. Springer, 2006 Botswana nationallicence landfilling nationallicence waste management nationallicence scavenging nationallicence Rankokwane Batsumi Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, P.B. 0022, Gaborone, Botswana aut Gwebu Thando Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, P.B. 0022, Gaborone, Botswana aut GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 65/3(2006-03-01), 151-163 0343-2521 65:3<151 2006 65 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-005-3122-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-005-3122-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rankokwane Batsumi Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, P.B. 0022, Gaborone, Botswana aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gwebu Thando Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, P.B. 0022, Gaborone, Botswana aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 65/3(2006-03-01), 151-163 0343-2521 65:3<151 2006 65 10708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer