Mapping out the solid waste generation and collection models: The case of Kampala City

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 197-205

  Kinobe, Joel R ^a,b   Niwagaba, Charles B ^a   Gebresenbet, Girma ^b   Komakech, Allan J ^a,b   Vinnerås, Björn ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LAND FILL; MAPPING; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

FINANCIAL RESOURCES; LANDFILL CAPACITY; MAPPING SOFTWARES; MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; REUSE AND RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE GENERATION; TEMPORARY STORAGE SITES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MARKET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; CITY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOLID WASTE;

CITIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RECYCLING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLID WASTE; UGANDA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84934877128     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2014.984818     Document Type: Article

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