Social capital and household solid waste management policies: A case study in mytilene, greece

Environmental Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-283

  Jones, Nikoleta ^a   Halvadakis, Constantinos P ^a   Sophoulis, Costas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

environmental policy implementation; Greece; social capital; solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTION POLICY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 80255128782     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2011.551032     Document Type: Article

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