Environmental management of construction and demolition waste in Kuwait

Waste Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1049-1059

  Kartam, Nabil ^a   Al Mutairi, Nayef ^a   Al Ghusain, Ibrahim ^a   Al Humoud, Jasem ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOLITION WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; LAND FILL; RECYCLING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION; DEMOLITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; KUWAIT; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; KUWAIT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KUWAIT [MIDDLE EAST]; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

EID: 9644252862     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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