Alternative management structures for municipal waste collection services: The influence of economic and political factors

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1967-1976

  Plata Díaz, Ana María ^a   Zafra Gómez, José Luis ^a   Pérez López, Gemma ^a   López Hernández, Antonio Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost; Fiscal stress; Municipal solid waste management

Indexed keywords

COSTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALTERNATIVE MANAGEMENT; DETERMINANT FACTORS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MANAGEMENT SERVICE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); POLITICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH INTERESTS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

COST ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC SERVICE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FISCAL STRESS; MUNICIPAL WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; POPULATION SIZE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS; TAX; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

SOLID WASTE;

POLITICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE;

EID: 84907711840     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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