Geospatial strategy for sustainable management of municipal solid waste for growing urban environment

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2419-2431

  Pandey, Prem Chandra ^a   Sharma, Laxmi Kant ^a   Nathawat, Mahendra Singh ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Geospatial approach; Multi Criteria; Municipal Solid Waste; Suitable site; Urban Environment; Weighted overlay

Indexed keywords

GEO-SPATIAL; MULTI-CRITERIA; SUITABLE SITE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WEIGHTED OVERLAY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH HAZARDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

DECISION MAKING; GIS; GOVERNMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION GROWTH; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL PLANNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSPATIAL STRATEGY; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOCIETY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CITIES; GEOGRAPHY; MAPS AS TOPIC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPACECRAFT; URBANIZATION;

BHAGALPUR; BIHAR; INDIA;

EID: 84862861898     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2127-2     Document Type: Article

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