Problems in waste management have become more and more complex during recent
decades. The increasing volumes of waste produced and social environmental …

As a typical declarative preference assessment method, contingent valuation method (CVM)
has been widely used to improve the solid waste management and disposal. Quantifying an …

A questionnaire survey consisting of 2400 householders was performed on Abadan
residents to evaluate their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards solid waste …

The major impediment to performing a benefit–cost analysis in many fields of applied
economics, such as those dealing with culture, environment, health, and transportation, is …

This paper considers the role which selfish, moral and social incentives and pressures play
in explaining the extent to which stated choices over pro-environment behaviours vary …

We employed the contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay of the
respondents to improve the waste collection system in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Our …

The application of Waste-to-Energy treatment in Municipal Solid Waste faces strong protest
by local communities, especially in cities with high population densities. This study …

This study employed contingent valuation method to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP)
of the households to improve the waste collection system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The …

The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is by far the most important piece of water legislation
in Europe for the coming decades. Its main aim is to achieve “good ecological status” for all …

For decades the generation of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Shanghai has been
increasing. Despite the long-time efforts aimed at MSW management (MSWM), the disposal …