Simulating effects of management measures on the improvement of the environmental performance of construction waste management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 56-63

  Ye, Gui ^a   Yuan, Hongping ^b   Shen, Liyin ^c   Wang, Hongxia ^d  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (China)

Author keywords

Construction waste; Environmental performance; System dynamics; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM THEORY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHINA; CONSTRUCTION WASTE MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84859791379     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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