Financial sustainability in municipal solid waste management - Costs and revenues in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 542-552

  Lohri, Christian Riuji ^a   Camenzind, Ephraim Joseph ^a   Zurbrügg, Christian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bahir Dar; Cost revenue analysis; Developing countries; Financial sustainability; Solid waste management

Indexed keywords

BAHIR DAR; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE; COST-REVENUE ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCING MECHANISMS; PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; SOLID WASTE COLLECTION;

COSTS; DEPRECIATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; SOLID WASTES; STORM SEWERS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ETHIOPIA;

AMHARA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE; ANRS; BAHIR DAR; BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY; BDU; COST-REVENUE ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FFE; FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; FORUM FOR ENVIRONMENT; GERMAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; GIZ; GOS; GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; SANITATION, BEAUTIFICATION AND PARK DEVELOPMENT; SBPD; SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SME; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNDP; UNEP; UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME; WB; WORLD BANK;

CITIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ECONOMIC; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84892486898     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.10.014     Document Type: Article

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