Ten years wasted: The failure of siting waste facilities in central Catalonia, Spain

Land Use Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-342

  Llurdés, Joan Carles ^a   Sauri, David ^a   Cerdan, Rufi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catalonia; Equity; Siting controversies; Spain; Stigmatisation; Waste

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; FACILITY LOCATION; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; WASTE FACILITY;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 0242306158     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8377(03)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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