Critical success factors for on-site sorting of construction waste: A china study

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 931-936

  Wang, Jiayuan ^a   Yuan, Hongping ^b   Kang, Xiangping ^c   Lu, Weisheng ^d  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c HENAN UNIVERSITY OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Construction waste; Critical success factors; Waste management; Waste sorting

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WASTE; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; HUMAN BEING; LIFE SPAN; PILOT STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; RECYCLED MATERIALS; REUSE AND RECYCLING; WASTE SORTING; WASTE TRANSPORTATION;

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; LAND FILL; RECYCLING; SURVEYS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERVIEW; LANDFILL; MANPOWER; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 77956629198     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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