Municipal solid waste management in Ireland: Assessing for sustainability

Irish Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 22-33

  Desmond, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Indicators; Sustainability; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION POLICY; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846165441     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00750770609555864     Document Type: Article

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