Evaluating waste management alternatives by the multiple criteria approach

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-210

  Chung, S S ^a   Poon, C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Composting; Decision making; Landfilling; Multiple criteria analysis; Municipal solid waste management; Source separation; Waste to energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; HONG KONG; LANDFILL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; METHODOLOGICAL EVALUATION; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; SOURCE SEPARATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HONG KONG;

COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT; REFUSE INCINERATION;

DOMINANCE PAIRWISE COMPARISON; HONG KONG; LANDFILLING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOURCE SEPARATION; WASTE TO ENERGY;

WASTES;

EID: 0030222711     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-3449(96)01107-X     Document Type: Article

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