Environmental impact assessment on the construction and operation of municipal solid waste sanitary landfills in developing countries: China case study

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 929-937

  Yang, Na ^a   Damgaard, Anders ^b   Lü, Fan ^a   Shao, Li Ming ^a,c   Brogaard, Line Kai Sørensen ^b   He, Pin Jing ^a,c  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Centre for the Technology Research and Training on Household Waste in Small Towns and Rural Area   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative materials; Intermediate cover; Life cycle assessment; Liner system; Municipal solid waste landfill

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIESEL ENGINES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SANITATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; INTERMEDIATE COVER; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LINER SYSTEMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS;

LAND FILL;

DIESEL FUEL; MINERAL; SOLID WASTE;

ASPHALT; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOMEMBRANE; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LINER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE STUDY; CHINA; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAND DRAINAGE; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

CHINA;

CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84897992632     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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