Recycling behaviour of householders living in multicultural urban area: A case study of Järva, Stockholm, Sweden

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 447-457

  Miafodzyeva, Sviatlana ^a   Brandt, Nils ^a   Andersson, Mari ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

household waste; multicultural householders; multicultural urban area; Recycling behaviour; social survey

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD WASTE; MULTICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDERS; RECYCLING BEHAVIOURS; SOCIAL SURVEY; URBAN AREAS;

SURVEYS;

RECYCLING;

CORRELATION; ETHNIC MINORITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECYCLING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

JARVAFALTET; STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876731211     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13476746     Document Type: Article

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