Island waste management systems: Statistics, challenges, and opportunities for applied industrial ecology

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 306-317

  Eckelman, Matthew J ^a   Ashton, Weslynne ^b   Arakaki, Yuji ^c   Hanaki, Keisuke ^d   Nagashima, Shunsuke ^e   Malone Lee, Lai Choo ^f  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Industrial ecology; Islands; Landfilling; Recycling; Technology; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; ISLANDS; LANDFILLING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA QUALITY; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84940295102     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12113     Document Type: Article

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