Economic evaluation of a regionalization program for solid waste management in a metropolitan region

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-274

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Lin, Y T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Environmental systems analysis; Regional planning; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOLID WASTES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

COST-BENEFITS ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; LARGE-SCALES; MANAGEMENT PROJECTS; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; REGIONALISATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPACE CONSTRAINTS; STRINGENTS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; REGIONALIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 0031281829     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1997.0144     Document Type: Article

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