Complex Risks from Old Urban Waste Landfills: Sustainability Perspective from Iasi, Romania

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 158-168

  Ciumasu, Ioan Manuel ^a,b   Costica, Mihai ^a   Costica, Naela ^a   Neamtu, Mariana ^c   Dirtu, Alin Constantin ^a   de Alencastro, Luiz Felippe ^d   Buzdugan, Liana ^a   Andriesa, Ramona ^a   Iconomu, Luminta ^e   Stratu, Anisoara ^a   Popovici, Ovidiu Alin ^a   Secu, Cristian Vasilica ^a   Paveliuc Olariu, Codrin ^f   Dunca, Simona ^a   Dimitriu, Radu Ionut ^a   Stefan, Marius ^a   Lupu, Adrian ^a   Stingaciu Basu, Alina ^a   Netedu, Adrian ^a   Gavrilovici, Ovidiu ^a   Talmaciu, Mihai ^a   Borza, Mioara ^a   more..

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e Romanian National Environmental Protection Agency Bucharest   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Municipal solid waste; Sustainability indicators; Sustainable development; Transdisciplinary studies

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL EUROPE; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; COMPLEX TRANSITIONS; CONTEXT DEPENDENT; ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; FREE MARKET; LANDFILL MANAGEMENT; MANAGERIAL PRACTICES; ROMANIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; TRANSDISCIPLINARY STUDIES; URBAN WASTES;

ECOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LAND FILL;

LANDFILL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

IASI; ROMANIA;

EID: 84860317562     PISSN: 21535493     EISSN: 21535515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000090     Document Type: Article

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