The impact of uncertainty on phytoremediation project costs

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-269

  Linacre, Nicholas A ^a   Whiting, Steven N ^b   Angle, J Scott ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Decision analysis; Phytoremediation; Project risk; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COST; METABOLISM; PLANT; POLLUTANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANTS;

EID: 28744439378     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16226510500327103     Document Type: Article

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