Domestic waste recycling, collective action and economic incentive: The case in Hong Kong

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2440-2447

  Yau, Yung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DIGITAL STORAGE; HOUSING; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FREE-RIDER PROBLEM; KEY DETERMINANTS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS;

RECYCLING;

COLLECTIVE ACTION; INCENTIVE; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HONG KONG; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL ESTATE; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; REWARD; TEAMWORK; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77957655692     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.009     Document Type: Article

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