Influence of socio-economic factors on street litter generation in the Middle East: Effects of education level, age, and type of residence

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-370

  Arafat, Hassan A ^a   Al Khatib, Issam A ^b   Daoud, Raeda ^a   Shwahneh, Hadeel ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Middle East; Palestine; Socio economic factors; Street litter; Wmr 1106 1

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET LITTER GENERATION; STREET LITTERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; PERCEPTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE EAST; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NABLUS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

EID: 34547862430     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07076942     Document Type: Article

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