Actually, I am working in the solid waste management area. Although there are many indicators, data availability is a concern. Kindly help me with the indicators where I can easily work on with the available data. I am working on the smart cities of northeast India. Thank you.
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- Selected socio-economic factors affecting the willingness to minimise solid waste in Dhaka city, Bangladesh
Article Selected socio-economic factors affecting the willingness to...
Abstract
This paper examines the factors that influence the waste generation and willingness to minimise solid waste in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Information on waste generation, willingness to minimise, socio-economic characteristics, and behaviour of the households towards solid waste management were obtained from interviews with 402 households in Dhaka city. Of these, 103 households regularly practised recycling activities. Ordinary least square (OLS) regression and logistic regression analysis were used to determine the dominant factors that might influence the waste generation and households’ willingness to minimise solid waste, respectively. The results found that the waste generation of the households in Dhaka city was significantly affected by environmental consciousness, income groups, particularly the middle-income earners, and willingness to separate. The significant factors for willingness to minimise solid waste were environmental consciousness, income groups particularly the middle-income earners, young adults mainly those aged between 25 to 35 years and storage facility. Establishment of a solid waste management programme could be an effective strategy for implementing sustainable waste management in Bangladesh. For this strategy to succeed, however, active partnership between the respondents and waste management service department is required. The respondents’ behaviour toward solid waste management practices should be taken into consideration, as should the results of this study, which are important indicators of respondents’ positive attitudes toward sustainable waste management in Dhaka city.
Following literature maybe explored to learn about the socio-economic indicators affecting solid waste generation/management
"Do socioeconomic factors influence households’ solid waste disposal systems? Evidence from Ghana - William Adzawla, Adam Tahidu, Salisu Mustapha, Shaibu B. Azumah, 2019" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0734242X18817717
"The Effects of Socio-economic Factors on Household Solid Waste Generation and Composition: A Case Study in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam - ScienceDirect" https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876610216317337
"(2) (PDF) Selected socio-economic factors affecting the willingness to minimise solid waste in Dhaka city, Bangladesh" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227620021_Selected_socio-economic_factors_affecting_the_willingness_to_minimise_solid_waste_in_Dhaka_city_Bangladesh (already shared by @Debrayan Bravo Hidalgo)
"Do socioeconomic factors influence households' solid waste disposal systems? Evidence from Ghana - PubMed" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30761951/
"A Situational Assessment of Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Solid Waste Generation and Composition in Freetown, Sierra Leone" https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=21109
https://wasteaid.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WasteAid-Theory-of-Change-2021.pdf
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