Cost estimation for solid waste management in industrialising regions - Precedents, problems and prospects

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-594

  Parthan, Shantha R ^a   Milke, Mark W ^a   Wilson, David C ^b   Cocks, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MWH New Zealand Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Data quality; Developing countries; Financial planning; Review; Waste management costs

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING TECHNIQUES; COST DATA; COST ESTIMATIONS; COST MODELS; COST PLANNING; DATA QUALITY; ESTIMATE COST; FINANCIAL PLANNING; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; UNIT COST; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WASTE PROBLEMS;

BENCHMARKING; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION; PLANNING; REVIEWS; SOLID WASTES; STORM SEWERS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

BENCHMARKING; COST; DATA QUALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ACCOUNTING; ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOCUMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856355616     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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