Post disaster waste management strategies in developing countries: Case of Sri Lanka;Atliekų tvarkymo po stichiniu nelaimių strategijos besivystančiose šalyse: Šri lankos atvejis

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-190

  Karunasena, Gayani ^a   Amaratunga, Dilanthi ^b   Haigh, Richard ^b   Lill, Irene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Building waste; Developing countries; Disaster; Sri Lanka; Waste management strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249226280     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.171-190     Document Type: Article

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