Mind the gap! Householder attitudes and actions towards waste in Ireland

Irish Geography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-168

  Davies, Anna ^a   Fahy, Frances ^b   Taylor, David ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Local authorities; Qualitative research; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744953070     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770509555856     Document Type: Article

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