A GIS based model for the optimisation of municipal solid waste collection: The case study of Nikea, Athens, Greece

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 640-650

  Chalkias, Christos ^a   Lasaridi, Katia ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

GIS; Modelling; Municipal solid waste (MSW); Network analyst; Route optimisation; Routing; Waste collection

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; ROUTING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TRANSPORT;

ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NIKEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 71449113236     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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