More than a decade of conflict between hazardous waste management and public resistance: A case study of NIMBY syndrome in Souselas (Portugal)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1681-1685

  Kikuchi, Ryunosuke ^a   Gerardo, Romeu ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Co incineration; Hazardous waste; NIMBY; Socio economic factors; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

CEMENT KILN; CO-INCINERATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES; HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTES; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; INITIAL STAGES; LONG-TERM RESISTANCE; MANAGEMENT TOOL; PORTUGAL; PROJECT SCOPE; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE; WASTE CO-INCINERATION;

BRICKMAKING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; KILNS; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PORTUGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71749106676     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.062     Document Type: Article

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