Municipal solid waste generation in municipalities: Quantifying impacts of household structure, commercial waste and domestic fuel

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1907-1915

  Lebersorger, S ^a   Beigl, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Commercial waste; Domestic fuel; Influencing factor; Municipal solid waste; Quantification; Regression

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL WASTES; DOMESTIC FUELS; INFLUENCING FACTOR; QUANTIFICATION; REGRESSION;

BRIQUETTING; ECONOMICS; FUELS; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

FUEL;

DATABASE; FORECASTING METHOD; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; HOUSEHOLD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TAX; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRIA; FOSSIL FUELS; HEATING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRIA; STYRIA;

EID: 79960953003     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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