An analysis of municipal solid waste discards in Taiwan based on consumption expenditure and policy interventions

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-255

  Weng, Yu Chi ^a   Fujiwara, Takeshi ^b   Matsuoka, Yuzuru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consumption pattern; Lifestyle changes; Municipal solid waste management; Policy effect; Simultaneous equation system

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; DEVELOPED MODEL; EMPIRICAL CASE STUDIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; PERCAPITA CONSUMPTION; POLICY DESIGN; POLICY INTERVENTION; POLICY MEASURES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE METHODOLOGY; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS; WASTE STREAM;

SOLID WASTES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LIFE STYLE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; TAIWAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77949365819     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X09343305     Document Type: Article

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