Public opinion about the source separation of municipal solid waste in Shanghai, China

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1261-1271

  Zhang, Weiqian ^a,b   Che, Yue ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Ren, Xiangyu ^a   Tai, Jun ^a,c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Environmental Engineering Design Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

contingent valuation method; Municipal solid waste; public opinion; questionnaire; source separated collection

Indexed keywords

CONCERTED EFFORT; CONTINGENT VALUATION METHODS; CURRENT TREATMENTS; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; KITCHEN WASTE; PER CAPITA; POOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC SUPPORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SOCIAL FACTOR; WASTE GENERATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOURCE SEPARATION; SURVEYS; WASTE TREATMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECONOMETRICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COST; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KITCHEN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SATISFACTION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

CHINA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLID WASTE;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84870536549     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12462277     Document Type: Article

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