The role of households in solid waste management in East Africa capital cities / Aisa Oberlin Solomon.
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| Superior document: | Environmental policy series ; v. 4 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental policy series (Wageningen, Netherlands) ;
v. 4. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Table of contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1. Introduction""; ""1.1 The problem of household waste""; ""1.2 Research background""; ""1.3 Problem specification""; ""1.4 Relevancy of the study""; ""1.5 Outline of the thesis""; ""Chapter 2. An overview of solid waste management in Dar es Salaam city""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Description of Dar es Salaam city""; ""2.3 Description of the solid waste management system""; ""2.3.1 The situation from 1982 to 1992""; ""2.3.2 Initiatives to improve solid waste management in Dar es Salaam city""
- ""2.4 National policies and the regulatory and institutional frameworks relevant for solid waste management""""2.4.1 Solid waste management policy framework in Dar es Salaam""; ""2.4.2 The Tanzanian legislative and regulatory framework for solid waste management""; ""2.4.3 The institutional arrangements for SWM in Dar es Salaam""; ""2.5 Existing solid waste management practices: some facts and figures""; ""2.5.1 Total waste generation in Dar es Salaam city""; ""2.5.2 Solid waste storage""; ""2.5.3 Collection of solid wastes""; ""2.5.4 Disposal of waste""; ""2.5.5 Resource recovery""
- ""2.6 The waste stream and waste disposal practices""""2.7 Resources available to the Dar es Salaam City Council for solid waste management""; ""2.7.1 Financial resources""; ""2.7.2 Technical resources""; ""2.8 Conclusions""; ""Chapter 3. Understanding and improving household-waste management in East African capital cities: c""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Integrated solid waste management""; ""3.3 The concept of Modernized Mixtures Approach in solid waste management""; ""3.4 The concept of households""
- ""3.4.1 Households as (key) elements and stakeholders in solid waste management chains""""3.5 Conceptualizing the roles of households in domestic solid waste management chains""; ""3.5.1 Households as key units of analysis""; ""3.5.2 Solid waste management infrastructures""; ""3.5.3 Modernized Mixtures Approach criteria: ecological sustainability, accessibility and flexibility""; ""3.6 Research questions""; ""Chapter 4. Research methodology""; ""4.1 Data collection methods""; ""4.2 Methods of primary data collection""; ""4.2.1 Reconnaissance visit""
- ""4.2.2 Interviews with key informants""""4.2.3 Focus group discussion""; ""4.2.4 Direct observation""; ""4.2.5 Secondary materials""; ""4.2.6 Quantitative data collection""; ""4.3 Waste characterization study""; ""4.4. Training of research assistants""; ""4.5 Research reliability and validity""; ""Chapter 5. Household solid waste characteristics""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 Conceptual framework""; ""5.3 Methodology""; ""5.4 Waste characteristics""; ""5.4.1 Per capita waste generation""; ""5.4.2 Physical composition of waste""; ""5.5 Factors that affect solid waste characteristics""
- ""5.5.1 Demographic/socio-economic factors""