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Solid Waste
Management in Indian Cities: Status and Emerging Practices
Editors:
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Darshini
Mahadevia, Professor, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy,
CEPT University, Ahmedabad
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Jeanne
M. Wolfe, Emeritus Professor, School of Urban Planning, Mc
Gill University, Montreal
Waste
management and disposal is a growing environmental concern in the
urban areas. Proper disposal of the urban wastes is not only
essential for reducing its adverse human health and environmental
impacts, but also presents a large potential for resource recovery. This
book is the result of comparative research work on solid waste
management (SWM)
projects undertaken in seven cities in
India
.
The
chapters focus on solid waste management practices, bottlenecks and
interesting innovations in the case study cities.
The introductory chapter brings together urban governance,
role of decentralization and SWM framework
in
India
. The second chapter offers a detailed overview of solid waste
management practices, various actors involved, institutional
arrangements and financing system. The following chapters present
case studies of SWM practices in the cities of
Bangalore
,
Hyderabad
, Kolkata, Mumbai,
Ranchi
, Suryapet and Vegalpur. The rationale behind selecting these cities
is that they put forth appealing innovation at some level of
practice. Every case study examines in detail the scale of the
project, new efforts and initiatives in SWM, environmental impacts,
concerns and sustainability issues, and potential for up-scaling.
The
book offers lot of detailed, systematic information with regard to
managing solid waste. It is a useful read for urban planners,
municipal officials, city managers, and researchers.
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