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8 - Solid waste systems assessment

from Part II - Analysing national infrastructure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

By
Geoff V. R. Watson ,
Anne M. Stringfellow ,
William Powrie ,
David A. Turner  and
Jon Coello
Edited by
Jim W. Hall ,
Martino Tran ,
Adrian J. Hickford  and
Robert J. Nicholls
Jim W. Hall
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Martino Tran
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Adrian J. Hickford
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Robert J. Nicholls
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
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The Future of National Infrastructure
A System-of-Systems Approach
 , pp. 158 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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