John-Michael Davis
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
17 Papers
24 Citations
John-Michael Davis is an academic researcher from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Extended producer responsibility & Grassroots. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 17 publications. Previous affiliations of John-Michael Davis include Ben-Gurion University of the Negev & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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A model for partnering with the informal e-waste industry: Rationale, principles and a case study
John-Michael Davis,Yaakov Garb +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a taxonomy of management stances towards informal e-waste practices, ranging from hostility through disconnection to interaction and, finally, synergy, and suggest an incremental ratcheting synergistic model that draws on the respective strengths of both sectors.
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Beyond the pollution haven hypothesis: Where and why do e-waste hubs emerge and what does this mean for policies and interventions?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize indications from the literature on e-waste hubs in Africa and Asia of recurring factors shaping their emergence, and further elaborating these on the basis of their own extensive field research in two very different informal ewaste hotspots in Palestine and Ghana.
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A strong spatial association between e-waste burn sites and childhood lymphoma in the West Bank, Palestine.
John-Michael Davis,Yaakov Garb +1 more
TL;DR: A novel multitemporal object‐based method was applied to map the prevalence and intensity of e‐waste burn sites in the entire Hebron Governorate between 1999 and 2007, finding a strong spatial association of e-waste burning activity with a distinct unexplained cancer cluster in the Palestinian context.
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A model to rapidly assess informal electronic waste systems.
TL;DR: This study develops and pilots a replicable three-stage model for solid waste researchers, practitioners and policymakers to rapidly assess these informal e-waste systems, and demonstrates the destination of 50–80% of Cuenca, Ecuador, over a period of three days.
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Comparing the Prevalence and Organizational Distinctiveness of Faith-Based and Secular Development NGOs in Canada
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparative analysis of religious and non-faith-based development organizations (FBOs) in Canada is presented, showing that FBOs comprise 40% of the Canadian NGO sector in terms of the number of organizations and their expenditures in developing countries, and are significantly less reliant on federal funding, but do not exhibit significant difference in their expenditures on overhead and indirect costs.
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