Exploring the community waste sector: Are sustainable development and social capital useful concepts for project-level research?

Community Development Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-75

  Luckin, David ^a   Sharp, Liz ^b  

^a SWAP ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12444270062     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi007     Document Type: Article

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