Solid Waste Management Status of Khulna City: a Comparative Analysis between Public and Private Sector
The effective management of solid waste has become a monumental challenge in Bangladesh--a country with a population density which is among the highest in the world, and a country which is also experiencing the problems of rapid urbanization. Solid waste management in Bangladesh is primitive and needs modernization and innovative approach for its proper management Khulna city is reported to generate some 200-455 tones of solid wastes daily, per capita per day generation variously quoted lying between 0.22 kg and 0.75 kg. The city has a population of about 1.5 million. In khulna the City Corporation is responsible for solid waste management services beside this some NOGs and CBOs also provide solid waste management services at community level. The report begins by bringing into focus the seriousness of the issue of solid waste management in Khulna city. It also highlights the comparison of solid waste management services between public and private sectors. It also describes the prevailing system, as employed by the Khulna City Corporation (KCC), to deal with this growing waste management problem. Next, it presents the activities of a community-based experiment to manage solid waste in Khulna city and examines the effectiveness of the experiment through the level of satisfaction of the consumers. The paper concludes by drawing some planning implications from the study.
Solid Waste Management KCC NGO CBO
Md.Sohel RANA
Town Planner,Meherpur Municipality,Meherpur,Bangladesh
国际会议
2009 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology(2009环境科学与技术国际会议)
上海
英文
2186-2190
2009-06-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）