Economic growth and trends of municipal waste treatment options in Asian countries

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 335-346

  Okumura, Shigefumi ^a   Tasaki, Tomohiro ^b   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

AHP; Composting; Economic growth; Incineration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897580790     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-013-0195-9     Document Type: Article

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