Restoring the shine to a pearl: Recycling behaviour in Penang, Malaysia

Development and Change

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1117-1136

  Meen Chee, Hong ^a   Narayanan, Suresh ^b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PENANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33750849576     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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