Household waste management policy and practices in bengaluru
subject: Cleanliness; Garrett's ranking method; Households; Waste management policy development
description: Households play a very important role in waste management policy development and its implementation in any city. This study is done among households of 12 wards in Urban Bengaluru(India). It is observed that waste management is open of the most important issue among households and households in general are not satisfied by waste collection, segregation its transport service and maintenance of public places, provided by local municipal body. Garrett's ranking method is also used to give ranking for various waste management practices adopted by various wards. The results suggest that problems faced by households across the city is not same, also perception towards the policy and practices of local bodies towards waste management differs significantly across the city. Cleanliness of public places and waste collection process should be given highest priority by the policy makers. The study also determines a different perspective towards understanding behaviour of household. the policymakers may use this technique to identify specific geographic areas where immediate action is required. BEIESP.
creator: Khanna S.; Bhargava A.
source: International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, Vol-8, No. 3, pp. 5059-5066.
publisher: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication
date: 2019-01-01
rights: All Open Access; Gold Open Access
relation: ISSN: 22773878
format: Online
language: English
type: Article
coverage: Khanna S., School of Business studies and Social sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India; Bhargava A., School of Business studies and Social sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, India