Enhanced solid waste management by understanding the effects of gender, income, marital status, and religious convictions on attitudes and practices related to street littering in Nablus - Palestinian territory

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 449-455

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

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAW ENFORCEMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SOLID WASTES;

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; ESTABLISHED NETWORKS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS; STREET LITTER GENERATIONS; STREET LITTERING; STRONG CORRELATIONS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENDER; INCOME; LITTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; PALESTINE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE EAST; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RELIGION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

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

EID: 55849110843     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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