A multiple criteria analysis for household solid waste management in the urban community of Dakar

A multiple criteria analysis for household solid waste management in the urban community of Dakar

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Article ID: iaor20083487
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 27
Issue: 11
Start Page Number: 1690
End Page Number: 1705
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Journal: Waste Management
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: decision theory: multiple criteria
Abstract:

Household solid waste management is a severe problem in big cities of developing countries. Mismanaged solid waste dumpsites produce bad sanitary, ecological and economic consequences for the whole population, especially for the poorest urban inhabitants. Dealing with this problem, this paper utilizes field data collected in the urban community of Dakar, in view of ranking nine areas of the city with respect to multiple criteria of nuisance. Nine criteria are built and organized in three families that represent three classical viewpoints: the production of wastes, their collection and their treatment. Thanks to the method PROMETHEE and the software ARGOS, we do a pair-wise comparison of the nine areas, which allows their multiple criteria rankings according to each viewpoint and then globally. Finding the worst and best areas in terms of nuisance for a better waste management in the city is our final purpose, fitting as well as possible the needs of the urban community. Based on field knowledge and on the literature, we suggest applying general and area-specific remedies to the household solid waste problems.

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