Factors and values of willingness to pay for improved construction waste management - A perspective of Malaysian contractors

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1902-1909

  Begum, Rawshan Ara ^a   Siwar, Chamhuri ^a   Pereira, Joy Jacqueline ^a   Jaafar, Abdul Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS; INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CAPITAL; CONTINGENT VALUATION; MALAYSIA; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGISTRATION; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34548825122     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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