The effects of socioeconomic parameters on household solid-waste generation and composition in developing countries (a case study: Ahvaz, Iran)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1841-1846

  Monavari, Seyed Masoud ^a   Omrani, Ghasem Ali ^a   Karbassi, Abdolreza ^b   Raof, Farzaneh Fakheri ^a,c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c Unit 2 No 1491 3rd Faz   (Iran)

Author keywords

Household solid waste; Household waste generation; Socioeconomic parameters; Solid waste Composition

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EFFECTIVE PLANNING; FIELD SURVEYS; GENERATION RATE; HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE; HOUSEHOLD WASTE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; SOCIETAL CHANGES; SOCIOECONOMIC PARAMETERS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; WASTE COMPOSITION; WASTE GENERATION; WASTE GENERATION RATES;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; INCOME; IRAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; WASTE PRODUCTS; YOUNG ADULT;

AHWAZ; IRAN; KHUZESTAN;

EID: 84862889899     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2082-y     Document Type: Article

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