Residents' concerns and attitudes toward a municipal solid waste landfill: Integrating a questionnaire survey and GIS techniques

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10001-10013

  Che, Yue ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Zhang, Weiqian ^b   Shang, Zhaoyi ^a   Tai, Jun ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS techniques; Laogang landfill; Odour; Public; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; MUTUAL COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ODORS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

LAND FILL;

GIS; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ODOR CONTROL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ODORS; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84890125249     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-013-3308-y     Document Type: Article

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