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Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Municipal Solid Waste Management in Cities - Issues of Basic Rights of People Surrounding Village and Alternatives [PDF]

open access: yes
The Study is based on the findings of a three weeklong field study conducted in Villappilsala, a village 14 kms away from Thriuvananthapuram City. The waste disposal plant for treating the Municipal Solid Waste generated in the Thiruvanathapuram City is ...
Mohan, R, Shyjan, D, Surjit, V
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Site Selection of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Using AHP Model and GIS Technique (Case Study: Kouhdasht City) [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2013
In recent decades, uncontrolled growth of population and urban development have caused various social, economic and environmental conflicts, such as production of municipal solid waste that has followed its inappropriate disposal.  So that, how disposal,
Mohammadhosein Ramasht   +2 more
doaj  

Reuse of Water as Part of a Water Sustainability Strategy: Experiences of Germany and Poland

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Wastewater can provide an alternative supply of scarce water resources, particularly for operations that do not require high‐quality water. The uptake in wastewater usage is likely to be driven by a combination of public and private sector actors via internal actions and external collaborations.
Jonathan Morris   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of waste management endeavours managed by The Association for the Collection and Distribution of Recyclable Waste in Vingunguti in Ilala Municipal, Dar Es Salaam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Africa is currently undergoing rapid change. In most Africa countries a major population redistribution process is occurring as a result of rapid urbanization at the time when the economic performance of these countries is generally poor.
Ngonyani, Zainab P.
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Bridging Theory and Prediction: A Hybrid SEM and Machine Learning Approach to Optimize Lean Construction for Megaproject Sustainability in China

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Construction megaprojects, large‐scale, complex, and capital‐intensive, are particularly prone to inefficiencies, cost overruns, delays, and environmental degradation due to fragmented workflows, stakeholder misalignment, and resource intensity.
Abdelazim Ibrahim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solid waste management in Mangaluru [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Mangaluru, the fourth largest city in Karnataka State is situated in the west coast of Southern India. It is the fast growing city in education, commerce and industry. The city with more than 5.5 lakh population faces the challenges of dealing with its
Manohar, S Madhu, Sulochanan, Bindu
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Temporal changes in rainfall and Temperature influence on Solid Waste Generation in Bungoma County Urban Centres, Kenya

open access: yesEastern African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Globally, temperature and rainfall play an integral role in the management of solid waste in urban areas. This is because many countries especially, the developing countries conventionally rely on both variables in the management of waste.
Godfrey Wekesa Wafula   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between Personality Traits of the Urban Poor Concerning Solid Waste Management and Household Income and Education [PDF]

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2012
This study analyzes the relationship between knowledge, attitude, and behaviour of the urban poor householders concerning solid waste management systems and monthly household income and education.
Wahid Md. Murad   +2 more
doaj  

Determinants of urban solid waste production

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper the economic and social determinants of solid waste production in Turkey are investigated. For this purpose, the econometrics models are estimated by using the cross sectional data in 2001 of 81 provinces from Turkish Statistical Institute Databank.
Demir, Serdar, Uzun, Özcan
openaire   +4 more sources

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