| A multiple criteria analysis for household solid waste management in the urban community of Dakar. | |
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PMID: 17064885 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Household solid waste management is a severe problem in big cities of developing countries. Mismanaged solid waste dumpsites produce bad sanitary, ecological and economic consequences for the whole population, especially for the poorest urban inhabitants. Dealing with this problem, this paper utilizes field data collected in the urban community of Dakar, in view of ranking nine areas of the city with respect to multiple criteria of nuisance. Nine criteria are built and organized in three families that represent three classical viewpoints: the production of wastes, their collection and their treatment. Thanks to the method PROMETHEE and the software ARGOS, we do a pair-wise comparison of the nine areas, which allows their multiple criteria rankings according to each viewpoint and then globally. Finding the worst and best areas in terms of nuisance for a better waste management in the city is our final purpose, fitting as well as possible the needs of the urban community. Based on field knowledge and on the literature, we suggest applying general and area-specific remedies to the household solid waste problems. |
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Authors:
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Ka-Mbayu Kapepula; Gerard Colson; Karim Sabri; Philippe Thonart |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2006-10-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Waste management (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 27 ISSN: 0956-053X ISO Abbreviation: Waste Manag Publication Date: 2007 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-09-03 Completed Date: 2008-01-09 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9884362 Medline TA: Waste Manag Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1690-705 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Liege, B-4000 Liege, Belgium. |
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Belgium Cities* Cluster Analysis Environment Refuse Disposal / economics, methods* Sanitation Software Transportation Waste Management / economics, methods* Waste Products |
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0/Waste Products |
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