The economic case for low carbon waste management in rapidly growing cities in the developing world: The case of Palembang, Indonesia

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 163, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-19

  Papargyropoulou, Effie ^a   Colenbrander, Sarah ^b,c   Sudmant, Andrew Heshedahl ^b,c   Gouldson, Andy ^b,c   Tin, Lee Chew ^d  

^a MALAYSIA JAPAN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c London School of Economics and Political Science   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Cities; Economic evaluation; Sustainable development; Waste management

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMICS EVALUATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INDONESIA; INFORMED DECISION; LOW CARBON; MANAGEMENT IS; WASTE GENERATION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SINK; COST ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALUATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON SINK; COMPOSTING; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDONESIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LOW CARBON WASTE MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE-TO-ENERGY; CITY; ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

INDONESIA; PALEMBANG; SOUTH SUMATRA;

CARBON;

CARBON; CITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INDONESIA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84939444738     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.08.001     Document Type: Article

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