Characterization of the municipal solid waste stream in Kabul, Afghanistan

Habitat International

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 406-413

  Forouhar, Ali ^a   Hristovski, Kiril D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Kabul; Municipal solid waste; Solid waste composition; Solid waste generation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFGHANISTAN; KABUL [AFGHANISTAN];

EID: 84858077768     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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