Regionalization of municipal solid waste management in Japan: Balancing the proximity principle with economic efficiency

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-19

  Okuda, Itaru ^a,b   Thomson, Vivian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NIPPON KOEI CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Municipal Solid Waste; Proximity Principle; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PROXIMITY PRINCIPLES; REGIONALIZATION;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONALIZATION; STATE ROLE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FIELD EMISSION; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INCINERATION; JAPAN; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REGIONALIZATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; JAPAN; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34249906983     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0194-x     Document Type: Article

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