Developing countries adopt policies to reduce the negative impacts of large amount of waste generated by accelerated industrialization and rapid urbanization, but these actions are far …
C Ezeah, CL Roberts - Journal of environmental management, 2012 - Elsevier
The poor state of solid waste management in cities of developing countries is fast assuming the scale of a major social/environmental challenge. The main drivers of the waste problem …
L Rodić, DC Wilson - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
As a key utility service that more than 2 billion people are currently lacking, solid waste management (SWM) is a crosscutting issue that can be directly linked to 12 out of the 17 UN …
As the world becomes more urbanized and developed consumption rates are on the rise. An inevitable consequence of more consumption is the rapid increase in the amount of solid …
IA Khatib - Integrated waste management, 2011 - books.google.com
Most developing and least developed countries are currently facing serious development challenges that may enhanced if same old traditional development plans are still in …
DC Wilson - Waste Management & Research, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper identifies six broad groups of drivers for development in waste management. Public health led to the emergence of formalized waste collection systems in the nineteenth …
AT Adewole - International NGO journal, 2009 - academicjournals.org
This paper reviews the waste management practises and the issue of sustainable development in Nigeria. It was discovered that mainly, private sector participation, highway …
DC Wilson, CA Velis, L Rodic - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2013 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper uses the lens of 'integrated sustainable waste management'to examine how cities in developing countries have been tackling their solid waste problems. The history of …
C Ezeah, CL Roberts - Habitat international, 2014 - Elsevier
Waste is the most visible evidence of inefficiency in any environment. As in many Sub- Saharan African (SSA) countries, the waste problem in Nigeria is of serious concern to …