Towards improved construction waste minimisation: a need for improved supply chain integration?

Structural Survey

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-29

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Brooke, Richard J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Supply chain management; Waste management; Waste minimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746597365     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800410533285     Document Type: Article

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