GIS-based modelling for the estimation of municipal solid waste generation and collection

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 337-346

  Karadimas, Nikolaos V ^a   Loumos, Vassili G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Modelling; Municipal solid waste generation; Routing; Waste bins allocation; Waste bins location; Waste collection; wmr 1112 1

Indexed keywords

BINS; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSULATING MATERIALS; MODAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESEARCH; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; SOLID WASTES;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; DOMINANT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GEO-DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUND-BASED ANALYSIS; MODELLING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE GENERATION; OPTIMAL NUMBER; POPULATION DENSITIES; RESEARCH WORKS; ROUTING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE BINS; WASTE BINS ALLOCATION; WASTE BINS LOCATION; WASTE COLLECTION; WASTE GENERATION; WMR 1112-1;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GIS; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ALGORITHMS; CITIES; GARBAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 48749116366     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07081484     Document Type: Article

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