Investigating factors influencing construction waste management efforts in developing countries: An experience from Thailand

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-71

  Manowong, Ektewan ^a  

^a HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Construction waste management; Developing countries; Structural equation modelling; Sustainable construction; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ASPECTS; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; HEALTH AND SAFETY; MANAGEMENT EFFORTS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION; THAILAND; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GUIDELINE; HEALTH CARE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAFETY; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THAILAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; THAILAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

THAILAND;

EID: 84856508151     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10387012     Document Type: Article

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