Is importing second-hand products a good thing? The cases of computers and tires in Cambodia

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 187-194

  Chanthy, Lay ^a   Nitivattananon, Vilas ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Economic benefits; Environmental and social impacts; Hazardous waste; Importation; Integrated assessment; Second hand products (SHPs).

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC BENEFITS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; IMPORTATION; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; SECOND-HAND PRODUCTS (SHPS).; SOCIAL IMPACT;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INTEGRATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RATING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMPORT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOCIAL IMPACT;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 79952736250     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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