Household participation in recycling programs: A case study from Turkey

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 923-927

  Budak, Fuat ^a   Oguz, Burcu ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Akdeniz Municipality   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Household waste management; Logistic regression; Recycling program; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 57749121293     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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