Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Systems Engineering Approach

Contents: I: FUNDAMENTAL BACKGROUND. 1. Introduction 2. Technology matrix for solid waste management 3. Social and economic concerns 4. Legal and institutional concerns 5. Risk assessment and management of risk II: PRINCIPLES OF SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 6. Global change, sustainability, and adaptive management strategies for solid waste management 7. Systems engineering principles for solid waste management 8. Systems engineering tools and methods for solid waste management III: INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY AND INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES 9. Industrial ecology and municipal utility parks 10. Life cycle assessment and solid waste management 11. Streamlined life cycle assessment for solid waste treatment options 12. Carbon-footprint-based solid waste management IV: INTEGRATED SYSTEMS PLANNING, DESIGN, AND MANAGEMENT 13. Multiobjective decision-making for solid waste management in a carbon-regulated environment 14. Planning regional material recovery facilities in a fast-growing urban region 15. Optimal planning for solid waste collection, recycling, and vehicle routing 16. Multiattribute decision-making with sustainability considerations 17. Decision analysis for optimal balance between solid waste incineration and recycling programs 18. Environmental informatics for integrated solid waste management V: UNCERTAINTY ANALYSES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES 19. Stochastic programming and game theory for solid waste management decision-making 20. Fuzzy multiattribute decision-making for solid waste management with societal complications 21. Fuzzy multiattribute decision-making for solid waste management with technological complications 22. Fuzzy multiobjective decision-making for solid waste management 23. Grey systems theory for solid waste management 24. Systems analysis for the future of solid waste management: Challenges and perspectives This book presents the application of system analysis techniques with case studies to help readers learn how the techniques can be applied, how the problems are solved, and which sustainable management strategies can be reached.…