Factors affecting waste generation: A study in a waste management program in Dhaka City, Bangladesh

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 509-519

  Afroz, Rafia ^a   Hanaki, Keisuke ^b   Tudin, Rabaah ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Waste generation; Waste management program

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; DOMINANT FACTOR; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM;

DEGRADATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LEAST SQUARES METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

BANGLADESH; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HOUSING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)];

EID: 79960423799     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1753-4     Document Type: Article

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