Does the sunshine regulatory approach work?. Governance and regulation model of the urban waste services in Portugal

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 1040-1049

  Marques, Rui Cunha ^a   Simões, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Portugal; Regulation; Regulatory agency; Sunshine regulation; Urban waste services

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC REGULATIONS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; POOR PERFORMANCE; PORTUGAL; WASTE SERVICES;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MODELING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GOVERNMENT; OPERATOR; ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE; PORTUGAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESPONSIBILITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 47049131405     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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