Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities
View/ Open
Impact
Scholar |
Other documents of the author: Prades Martí, Míriam; Gallardo Izquierdo, Antonio; Ibáñez Gual, Maria Victoria
Metadata
Show full item recordcomunitat-uji-handle:10234/9
comunitat-uji-handle2:10234/7035
comunitat-uji-handle3:10234/8617
comunitat-uji-handle4:
INVESTIGACIONMetadata
Title
Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and citiesDate
2014-12-10Publisher
Springer VerlagISSN
0167-6369; 1573-2959Bibliographic citation
PRADES, Miriam; GALLARDO, Antonio; IBÀÑEZ, Maria Victoria. Factors determining waste generation in Spanish towns and cities. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2015, vol. 187, no 1, p. 1-13.Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/articlePublisher version
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-014-4098-6Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionSubject
Abstract
This paper analyzes the generation and composition
of municipal solid waste in Spanish towns and
cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, which altogether
account for 87 % of the Spanish population. To do so,
the ... [+]
This paper analyzes the generation and composition
of municipal solid waste in Spanish towns and
cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, which altogether
account for 87 % of the Spanish population. To do so,
the total composition and generation of municipal solid
waste fractions were obtained from 135 towns and cities.
Homogeneity tests revealed heterogeneity in the
proportions of municipal solid waste fractions from
one city to another. Statistical analyses identified significant
differences in the generation of glass in cities of
different sizes and in the generation of all fractions
depending on the hydrographic area. Finally, linear regression
models and residuals analysis were applied to
analyze the effect of different demographic, geographic,
and socioeconomic variables on the generation of waste
fractions. The conclusions show that more densely populated
towns, a hydrographic area, and cities with over
50,000 inhabitants have higher waste generation rates,
while certain socioeconomic variables (people/car) decrease
that generation. Other socioeconomic variables
(foreigners and unemployment) show a positive and null
influence on that waste generation, respectively. [-]
Is part of
Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2015, vol. 187, no 1Rights
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-4098-6.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
This item appears in the folowing collection(s)
- MAT_Articles [766]
- EMC_Articles [825]