Waste management benchmarking: A case study of Serbia

Habitat International

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 453-460

  Ilić, Marina ^a   Nikolić, Magdalena ^a  

^a Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Benchmarking; Municipal waste; Municipalities; Serbia

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EUROPEAN UNION; FUTURE PROSPECT; GUIDELINE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

IRELAND; SERBIA;

EID: 84953410303     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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