Household solid waste generation and characteristic in a Mekong Delta city, Vietnam

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2307-2321

  Thanh, Nguyen Phuc ^a   Matsui, Yasuhiro ^a   Fujiwara, Takeshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compostable waste; Correlation analysis; Household solid waste (HSW); Recyclable waste; Waste composition analysis; Waste generation rate

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS; COMPOSTABLE WASTES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE; RECYCLABLE WASTES; SOLID WASTE GENERATION RATES; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE COMPOSITION ANALYSE; WASTE GENERATION RATES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

BIODEGRADATION; CAPITAL CITY; COMPOSTING; CORRELATION; DELTA; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LINEARITY; PLASTIC WASTE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CITY; COMPOSTING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOUSEHOLD; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE; URBANIZATION; VIET NAM;

CAN THO; VIET NAM;

EID: 77955517424     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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