Improving municipal solid waste collection services in developing countries: A case of Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Nepal

RK Rai, M Nepal, MS Khadayat, B Bhardwaj - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Municipal solid waste management is one of the major challenges that cities in developing
countries are facing. Although waste collection services are critical to build a smart city, the …

COVID‐19: An Accelerator for Global Plastic Consumption and Its Implications

M Choudhury, S Sahoo, P Samanta… - … and Public Health, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic has been ingrained in our society. Repercussions on the usage of nonbiodegradable
plastics and their problems have been recently realized. Despite its detrimental …

Low-cost strategies to improve municipal solid waste management in developing countries: experimental evidence from Nepal

M Nepal, A Karki Nepal, MS Khadayat, RK Rai… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Springer
Many cities in developing countries lack adequate drainage and waste management
infrastructure. Consequently, city residents face economic and health impacts from flooding …

What makes a ban on plastic bags effective? The case of Nepal

B Bharadwaj, JM Baland, M Nepal - Environment and Development …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The extensive use of plastic bags in Nepal has led to growing concern in recent years. We
investigate the impact of a municipal plastic bags ban on bags use behavior, based on a …

What lessons do the first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) formulation process and implementation outcome provide to the enhanced/updated NDC? A …

HK Laudari, K Aryal, S Bhusal, T Maraseni - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are the foundation of the Paris
Agreement. So far, 190 Parties have submitted their NDCs. But how the NDC can be made …

[HTML][HTML] Value of cleaner neighborhoods: Application of hedonic price model in low income context

M Nepal, RK Rai, MS Khadayat, E Somanathan - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Municipal solid waste management is a challenging issue in developing countries. An
unclean neighborhood could have a significant negative impact on housing property values …

Sustainable financing for municipal solid waste management in Nepal

B Bharadwaj, RK Rai, M Nepal - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Financing municipal solid waste (MSW) services is one of the key challenges faced by cities
in developing countries. This study used plastic waste, a constituent of MSW, to explore the …

Empirical analysis of cost-effective and equitable solid waste management systems: Environmental and economic perspectives

A Iqbal, A Yasar, AS Nizami, R Haider, IA Sultan… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The solid waste management (SWM) system is in a transitional phase in developing
economies, and local municipalities and waste management companies are stepping …

Navigating the inclusive and sustainable energy transitions in South Asia: Progress, priorities and stakeholder perspectives

M Asif, MI Khan, A Pandey - Energy Conversion and Management, 2024 - Elsevier
To address the faced challenges–ie rapidly growing energy needs, depleting fossil fuel
reserves, surging energy prices, risks to security of supplies, and climate change–the World …

A review of transport policies in support of climate actions in Asian cities and countries

MB Regmi - Earth, 2021 - mdpi.com
Asia is one of the continents that is the most affected by the impacts of climate change. Asian
countries need to take climate actions and mitigate emissions from the urban passenger …