Waste management in mountain refuges - An integrated evaluation

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-557

  Lebersorger, Sandra ^a   Weissenbacher, Norbert ^a   Mayr, Ernest ^a   Aschauer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine region; composting; mountain refuges; solid waste; Waste management; waste minimization

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED EVALUATION; INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS; MOUNTAIN REFUGES; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; REDUCING WASTE; SCARCE RESOURCES; STAND -ALONE; WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WASTE PREVENTION;

CONSERVATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; LANDFORMS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLID WASTES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTE TREATMENT;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFRASTRUCTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REFUGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; COST; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALTITUDE; EUROPE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79955097193     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10377915     Document Type: Article

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