Tourism impact on municipal solid waste: Elaborations for the case study "Adriatic Riviera" (Province of Rimini, Italy)

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2009, Pages 471-482

  Caramiello, C ^a   Fabbri, L ^b   Marzi, M ^a   Tatano F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Safety and Environmental Management System   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impact; Municipal solid waste; Sustainable development; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875789548     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO090431     Document Type: Article

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