Household solid waste characteristics and management in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1688-1695

  Sujauddin, Mohammad ^a   Huda, S M S ^a   Hoque, A T M Rafiqul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^b Faculty of Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTES; WASTES;

BANGLADESH; HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL (MD); PER CAPITA; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM); WASTE GENERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BANGLADESH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHITTAGONG [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 45849148117     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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