Assessing public attitudes and behaviour to household waste management in Cameroon to drive strategy development: A Q methodological approach

Sustainability

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-572

  Mbeng, Lawrence O ^a   Probert, Jane ^b   Phillips, Paul S ^a   Fairweather, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Composting; Education; Household waste; Public attitudes and behaviour; Q methodology; Third sector organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866357033     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su1030556     Document Type: Article

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