Modeling a hierarchical structure of municipal solid waste management using interpretive structural modeling

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 337-348

  Tseng, Ming Lang ^a   Lin, Yuan Hsu ^b  

^a LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structure; Interpretive structural modeling; Municipal solid waste management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INCINERATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84863291108     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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