The ISB model (infrastructure, service, behaviour): A tool for waste practitioners

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1381-1392

  Timlett, R ^a   Williams, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST-PRACTICES; BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; LANDFILL DIRECTIVE; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; POLICY MAKERS; RECYCLING RATE; RECYCLING TARGETS; ZERO WASTE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSTING; DECISION MAKING;

RECYCLING;

EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INFRASTRUCTURE; LANDFILL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION POLICY; RECYCLING; SERVICE PROVISION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; LANDSCAPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; EUROPEAN UNION; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ENGLAND; PORTSMOUTH [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79954735884     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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