A logistic regression analysis of the contractor's awareness regarding waste management

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1904-1908

  Begum, Rawshan Ara ^a   Siwar, Chamhuri ^a   Pereira, Joy Jacqueline ^a   Jaafar, Abdul Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Construction; Construction waste management; Reuse and recycling; Source reduction

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARDS; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REUSE AND RECYCLING; SOURCE REDUCTION;

CONSERVATION; CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTRACTORS;

EID: 33749587063     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.1904.1908     Document Type: Article

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