Informal and Cooperative Recycling as a Poverty Eradication Strategy

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-34

  Gutberlet, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RECYCLING; SOCIAL INCLUSION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

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EID: 84855422177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2011.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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