The performance of Spanish solid waste collection

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 327-336

  Garcia Sanchez I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Municipalities; Public sector; Waste collection; wmr 1219 1

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROCESSING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PHOTODISSOCIATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRIVATIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SOLID WASTES;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA); INPUT VARIABLES; MANN-WHITNEY; MUNICIPALITIES; POINT DENSITY; PRIVATE COMPANIES; PUBLIC SECTOR; SERVICE MANAGEMENT; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION; SPANISH; SURFACE AREA; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY; TOBIT REGRESSION; WASTE COLLECTION; WMR 1219-1;

STREET CLEANING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; STAFF;

HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 48649097333     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07081486     Document Type: Article

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