Population, development, and waste management in Botswana: Conceptual and policy implications for climate change

Environmental Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 348-354

  Gwebu, Thando D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

URBANIZATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BOTSWANA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; POLICY; POLLUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; REVIEW; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BOTSWANA;

BOTSWANA; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0038382931     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2883-4     Document Type: Review

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