Decisions on recycling: Construction stakeholders' decisions regarding recycled mineral construction materials

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1039-1050

  Knoeri, Christof ^a   Binder, Claudia R ^b   Althaus, Hans Joerg ^a  

^a Technology and Society Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Construction and demolition waste; Decision making; Recycled mineral construction materials; Recycling behavior

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; APPLICATION EXAMPLES; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE; DECISION MODELING; GENERAL SPECIFICATION; HIGH IMPACT; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; NICHE PRODUCTS; RECYCLED MINERAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; RECYCLING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SWITZERLAND; WASTE FRACTION; WASTE RECYCLING; WASTE STREAM;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DEMOLITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATERIALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECIFICATIONS;

RECYCLING;

MINERAL;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; RECYCLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79953848068     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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