Environmental performance and compliance costs for industrial wastewater treatment - an international comparison

Sustainable Development

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 325-336

  Salomaa, Eila ^a   Watkins, Gary ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

BOD; Compliance costs; Environmental investment; Environmental performance; Wastewater management; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INVESTMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 80053327645     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.440     Document Type: Article

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