Forecasting municipal solid waste generation in a fast-growing urban region with system dynamics modeling

Waste Management

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 669-679

  Dyson, Brian ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^a  

^a Texas AandM University Kingsville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORECASTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SHORT-TERM EXPANSION; SOLID WASTE GENERATION; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS SIMULATION TOOLS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FORECASTING; MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TEXAS;

EID: 22144490814     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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