Assessment methods for solid waste management: A literature review

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 461-473

  Allesch, Astrid ^a   Brunner, Paul H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Assessment methods; benchmarking; cost benefit analysis; life cycle assessment; mass balance; material flow analysis; multi criteria decision making; risk assessment; waste management

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; LIFE CYCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHODS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MASS BALANCE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL CHANGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 84904756588     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X14535653     Document Type: Review

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