Methodology for quantification of waste generated in Spanish railway construction works

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 920-924

  de Guzmán Báez, Ana ^a   Villoria Sáez, Paola ^b   del Río Merino, Mercedes ^b   García Navarro, Justo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Construction and demolition waste; Construction stage; Quantification; Railway construction works; Waste categories; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION; CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION STAGE; EU COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; LIMITED DATA; QUANTIFICATION; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; RAILWAY PROJECT; RESEARCH STUDIES; TWO EQUATION; WASTE PREVENTION;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; RAILROADS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EUROPEAN UNION; METHODOLOGY; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAILWAY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; WEIGHT;

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PLASTICS; RAILROADS; SPAIN; STEEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WOOD;

SPAIN;

EID: 84858794900     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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