Explosive construction in a micro-state: Environmental limit and the Bon curve: Evidence from North Cyprus

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-88

  Mehmet, Ozay ^a   Yorucu, Vedat ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Backward linkages; Bon curve; Developing countries; Environmental impacts

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT;

BACKWARD LINKAGES; BON-CURVE; ENVIRONMENTAL LIMIT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATIONAL ECONOMY;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN CYPRUS;

EID: 38849125546     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190701708272     Document Type: Article

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