Host community compensation and municipal solid waste landfills

Land Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-528

  Jenkins, Robin R ^a   Maguire, Kelly B ^a   Morgan, Cynthia L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 9944264911     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3655807     Document Type: Article

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