Analysis of the value chain and network structure of informal waste recycling in Beijing, China

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 117, Issue , 2017, Pages 137-150

  Steuer, Benjamin ^a,b   Ramusch, Roland ^a   Part, Florian ^a   Salhofer, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Informal sector; Institutional economics; Recyclables; Waste collection and exchange structures

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; SURVEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BEIJING; CHINA; INFORMAL SECTOR; INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; RECYCLABLES; WASTE COLLECTION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

INFORMAL SECTOR; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECYCLING; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECYCLING;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 85003422177     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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