Overview
- Provides an innovative method for combining Life Cycle Assessment and Analytical Hierarchy Process for optimal results in solid waste management
- Introduces a comprehensive methodology for evaluating solid waste composition and determining the waste management option most appropriate to different scenarios
- Utilizes a large Malaysian university as a lab and case study for these approaches
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
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About this book
Higher education institutes generate thousands of tons of solid waste per year. Comprehensive solid waste management programs, which take integrated solid waste management systems into consideration, are one of the greatest challenges to achieving campus sustainability. This system can serve as a guide and blueprint for other universities that are taking steps toward sustainability through improved solid waste management.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: University Campus Solid Waste Management
Book Subtitle: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Analytical Hierarchy Process
Authors: Pezhman Taherei Ghazvinei, Masoud Aghajani Mir, Hossein Hassanpour Darvishi, Junaidah Ariffin
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43228-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43227-4Published: 08 August 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43228-1Published: 31 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-5547
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5555
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 114
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Sustainability Management, Sustainable Development