A basic accounting of variation in municipal solid-waste generation at the county level in Texas, 2006: Groundwork for applying metabolic-rift theory to waste generation

Rural Sociology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 412-429

  Clement, Matthew Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CAPITALISM; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LAND SURFACE; LANDFILL; MODERNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349622219     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601109789037196     Document Type: Article

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