Solid waste management in African cities: Sorting the facts from the fads in Accra, Ghana

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Oteng Ababio, Martin ^a   Melara Arguello, Jose Ernesto ^b   Gabbay, Offira ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accra; African cities; Municipal solid waste management; Waste streams

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84871584176     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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