Hazardous waste indicators for national decision makers

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-263

  Granados, Å J ^a   Peterson, P J ^b  

^a Geneva Executive Centre   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision makers; Hazardous wastes; Indicators; Policy options

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; HAZARDOUS WASTE; UNITED NATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DECISION MAKING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLICY; RECYCLING; REVIEW; UNITED NATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033117516     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1999.0254     Document Type: Article

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