A crisis in governance: Urban solid waste management in Bangladesh

Habitat International

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-133

  Bhuiyan, Shahjahan H ^a  

^a KIMEP UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Governance; Public private partnership; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350764817     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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