A comparison of waste reduction practices and the new environmental paradigm in four southern Chinese areas

Environmental Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-206

  Chung, Shan Shan ^a   Poon, Chi Sun ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dongguan; Guangzhou; Hong Kong; Household waste; New Environmental Paradigm; Rural China; Waste avoidance; Waste recycling

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 0033937138     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002670010081     Document Type: Article

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