title: GIS based solid waste management information system for Nagpur, India.
abstract: Solid waste management is one of the major problems of today's world and needs to be addressed by proper utilization of technologies and design of effective, flexible and structured information system. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to design and develop a GIS based solid waste management information system as a decision making and planning tool for regularities and municipal authorities. The system integrates geo-spatial features of the city and database of existing solid waste management. GIS based information system facilitates modules of visualization, query interface, statistical analysis, report generation and database modification. It also provides modules like solid waste estimation, collection, transportation and disposal details. The information system is user-friendly, standalone and platform independent.
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijay
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Vaidya
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sohony
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D007194:India; D018505:Waste Management