Monitoring quantity and characteristics of municipal solid waste in Dhaka City

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 135, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Yousuf, Tariq Bin ^a   Rahman, Mostafizur ^b  

^a Dhaka City Corporation   (Bangladesh)

^b STAMFORD UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste; Waste characteristics; Waste composition; Waste generation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; MONITORING; PLANNING; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE CHARACTERISTICS; WASTE COMPOSITION; WATER GENERATION;

SOLID WASTES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD; MOISTURE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36248947158     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9710-6     Document Type: Article

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