Productive efficiency of public and private solid waste logistics and its implications for waste management policy

IATSS Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-105

  Ichinose, Daisuke ^a   Yamamoto, Masashi ^b   Yoshida, Yuichiro ^c  

^a Tohoku University of Community Services and Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Productive efficiency; Reverse logistics; Solid waste collection; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION; PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCIES; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY; WASTE-PROCESSING OPERATIONS;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTICS; MIMO SYSTEMS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84878020282     PISSN: 03861112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iatssr.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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