A study on the attitudes and behavioural influence of construction waste management in occupied Palestinian territory

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-136

  Al Sari, Majed I ^a   Al Khatib, Issam A ^a   Avraamides, Marios ^b   Fatta Kassinos, Despo ^c  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

attitude; behaviour; Construction waste generation; the occupied Palestinian territory; waste management; West Bank

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOUR; CONSTRUCTION WASTE GENERATION; THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY; WEST BANK;

CONSERVATION; CONTRACTORS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TERRITORY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EMPLOYEE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PURCHASING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE EAST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; WEST BANK;

EID: 84857278851     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X11423066     Document Type: Article

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