The impact of transient populations on recycling behaviour in a densely populated urban environment

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 498-506

  Timlett, R E ^a   Williams, I D ^b  

^a Portsmouth City Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Participation; Recycling; Transience; Urban

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE; FOUR-GROUP; HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; HIGH RATE; HIGH-DENSITY HOUSING; HOT SPOT; KEY ISSUES; MANAGEMENT ISSUES; PARTICIPATION; RECYCLERS; RECYCLING RATE; RECYCLING TARGETS; RESEARCH PAPERS; TRANSIENCE; TRANSIENT POPULATION; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; URBAN; URBAN AREAS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN WASTES;

RESEARCH; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RECYCLING;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BUILDING CODE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; EUROPE; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTSMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349161064     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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