title: Strategies for waste management in small and medium towns of developing countries: a case study of India.
abstract: This paper evaluates the issues of waste management in small and medium towns (SMTs) (with population in the range of 10,000-100,000) of India, and identifies the need for a multi-disciplinary approach encompassing technological, economic and financial aspects of the issues to effect improvements. A comprehensive set of cross-disciplinary strategies is suggested to improve the prevailing conditions with environmentally appropriate, economically efficient and financially self-sustaining waste management services. Based on a case study of four SMTs in the State of Tamil Nadu in India, this paper evaluates the application of the suggested strategies and offers policy recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sundaravadivel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vigneswaran
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D003363:Cost Control; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011634:Public Health; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods