Infrastructures, lock-in, and sustainable urban development: The case of waste incineration in the Göteborg Metropolitan Area

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-39

  Corvellec, Hervé ^a   Campos, María José Zapata ^a,b   Zapata, Patrik ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Incineration; Infrastructure; Lock in; Sweden; Urban governance; Waste management

Indexed keywords

INCINERATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

INFRASTRUCTURE; LOCK-IN; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN; URBAN GOVERNANCE; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE; WASTE HANDLING;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84879975100     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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