Economic Models and Applications of Solid Waste Management
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Econometrics
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781351140881
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal; Cost effectiveness; Case studies; Operations research; Operations Research; Déchets; Élimination; Coût-efficacité; Études de cas; Recherche opérationnelle
Notes: "Originally published in 1991. The dilemma of solid and hazardous waste disposal in an environmentally safe manner has become a global problem. This book presents a modern approach to economic and operations research modelling in urban and regional waste management with an international perspective. Location and space economics are discussed along with transportation, technology, health hazards, capacity levels, political realities and the linkage with general global economic systems. The algorithms and models developed are then applied to two major cities in the world by way of case study example of the use of these systems."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Foreword; CHAPTER 1 SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Definition of Solid Waste; 1.3 Costs of Solid Waste Management; 1.4 Need for Regional Management; 1.5 Scope of Waste Management Operations; 1.6 Waste Management Options and Costs; 1.7 Contents; CHAPTER 2 A REVIEW OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT MODELLING; 2.1 Difficulty of Modelling of Solid Waste Management; 2.2 Mathematical Models; 2.3 Computer Simulation Models; 2.4 Route Generation Models; 2.5 Other Studies; CHAPTER 3 A MODEL OF WASTE MANAGEMENT; 3.1 Introduction.; title: 3.2 Cost Structure3.3 Mathematical Models; 3.4 General Algorithm; 3.5 Demonstration Model I; 3.6 Demonstration Model II; 3.7 Demonstration Model III; 3.8 Calculations of Dual Variables; 3.9 Data Requirements for Case Studies; CHAPTER 4 CASE STUDIES; 4.1 Model I; 4.2 Model II; 4.3 Model III; CHAPTER 5 LONG-RANGE PLANNING MODEL; 5.1 Formulation of the Problem; 5.2 Solution Procedure; 5.3 A Case Study; 5.4 Conclusions; CHAPTER 6 THE ECONOMICS OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Procedural Efficiency and Organizational Efficiency; 6.3 Demand Forms; 6.4 Waste Generation Function.; title: 6.5 Supply Sources6.6 Production Function; 6.7 Cost Function; 6.8 Productivity; 6.9 Facility Siting; 6.10 Need of Further Analysis; BIBLIOGRAPHY; A. Mathematical Models; B. Computer Simulation Models; C. Other Papers; D. Data Bases and Institutional Sources; E. Organizational Studies; F. Economics of Solid Waste Management; G. Mathematical and Regional Models; Author Index; Subject Index.