Spatial and temporal variations of urban litter in Mar del Plata, the major coastal city of Argentina

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 343-348

  Seco Pon, Juan Pablo ^a   Becherucci, Maria Eugenia ^a  

^a NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; South america; Spatial variation; Temporal variation; Urban litter

Indexed keywords

BINS; SOLID WASTES; TOBACCO;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN LITTER;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

PLASTIC;

CLEANUP; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LITTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE BUTT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MOTOR VEHICLE; PAPER; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SOLID WASTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN LITTER; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DEL PLATA;

EID: 82655184147     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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