Evaluating municipal solid waste management performance in regions with strong seasonal variability

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-177

  Mendes, Paula ^a   Santos, Ana Carina ^a   Nunes, Luis Miguel ^b   Teixeira, Margarida Ribau ^b  

^a Praça da República ^*  (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Benchmarking; Performance indicators; Seasonality; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SCORECARDS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SEASONALITY; SERVICE PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES;

BENCHMARKING; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

BENCHMARKING; BIOMONITORING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84875124497     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.02.017     Document Type: Article

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