Graded landfill requirements in South Africa - The climatic water balance classification

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-490

  Blight, E G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classification; Climate; Evaporation; Evapotranspiration; Graded requirements; Landfills; Wmr 991 2

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION; GRADED LANDFILL REQUIREMENTS; LANDFILL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LAND FILL;

SOIL WATER;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LAND FILL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LANDFILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; DESERT; DOMESTIC WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMIDITY; LANDFILL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOUTH AFRICA; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH AFRICA; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33750036107     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06068516     Document Type: Article

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