Lessons learned for a more efficient knowledge and technology transfer to South American countries in the fields of solid waste and contaminated sites management

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 148-161

  Bezama, Alberto ^a   Szarka, Nóra ^b   Navia, Rodrigo ^c   Konrad, Odorico ^d   Lorber, Karl E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^d CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Developing countries; Industrial waste management; Know how transfer; Municipal solid waste management; Technology transfer; wmr 1033 9

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONTAMINATED SITES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT; KNOW-HOW TRANSFER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTES;

CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; SOLID WASTES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KNOWLEDGE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECUADOR; EUROPE; KNOWLEDGE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SOUTH AMERICA; TANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947269237     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06072494     Document Type: Article

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