Framework for integration of informal waste management sector with the formal sector in Pakistan

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 93-105

  Masood, Maryam ^a   Barlow, Claire Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Informal recycling; Integration; Waste management; Waste utilisation

Indexed keywords

IDEAL SOLUTIONS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES; RECYCLING ECONOMY; SINGLE-STEP PROCESS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INTEGRATION; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE UTILIZATION;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ADMINISTRATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LAHORE; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN];

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMAL RECYCLING; INTEGRATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE UTILISATION;

CITIES; EMPLOYMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAKISTAN; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896832641     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13499811     Document Type: Article

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