Waste mismanagement in developing countries: A case study of environmental contamination

UPB Scientific Bulletin, Series D: Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 185-196

  Ferronato, Navarro ^a   Torretta, Vincenzo ^a   Ragazzi, Marco ^b   Rada, Elena Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Environmental impacts; Solid Waste Management

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTES; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FIELD WORKS; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; OPEN BURNING; PUBLIC AWARENESS; SOCIAL ISSUES; WATERBODIES;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85028299975     PISSN: 14542358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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