Employer-employee and buyer-seller relationships among waste pickers at final disposal site in informal recycling: The case of Bantar Gebang in Indonesia

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-57

  Sasaki, Shunsuke ^a   Araki, Tetsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Final disposal site; Indonesia; Informal recycling; Recycling actor; Scavenger; Waste picker

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INFORMAL SECTOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; SCAVENGER;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84875253666     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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