Strategic environmental assessment of alternative sewage sludge management scenarios

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-28

  Poulsen, Tjalfe G ^a   Hansen, Jens Aa ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aggregation methodology; Land use; Non renewable resources; Sensitivity analysis; Sewage sludge management; Strategic environmental assessment; wmr 606 3

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TREATMENT; LAND USE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOGAS; FOSSIL FUEL;

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LANDFILL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

COMPOSTING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPOSTING; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH; HEAT TREATMENT; LAND USE; LANDFILL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

AALBORG; DENMARK;

EID: 0037300971     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X0302100103     Document Type: Article

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