Assessment of the status of municipal solid waste management in metro cities, state capitals, class I cities, and class II towns in India: An insight

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 883-895

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Bhattacharyya, J K ^a   Vaidya, A N ^a   Chakrabarti, Tapan ^a   Devotta, Sukumar ^a   Akolkar, A B ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CENTRAL POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACHINERY; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SOLID WASTES;

ACTION PLANS; CLASS I; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; MAJOR CITIES; MUNICIPAL AGENCIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS; PHYSICAL COMPOSITIONS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; SHORT-COMINGS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTS; STANDARD OF LIVINGS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACTION PLAN; GUIDELINE; MACHINERY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOSPITAL WASTE; INDIA; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MINIMIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDIA; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPORTATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 56349163670     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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