Transforming urban waste into sustainable material and energy usage: The case of Greater Manchester (UK)

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-110

  Uyarra, Elvira ^a   Gee, Sally ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Infrastructure; Innovation; Municipal waste management; Socio technical systems; Sustainability; Transition; Urban transformation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INCINERATION; INNOVATION; LAND FILL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION;

GOVERNANCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSITION; URBAN TRANSFORMATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84879984850     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.046     Document Type: Article

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