PMID- 16529920
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070313
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 0956-053X (Print)
IS  - 0956-053X (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 2
DP  - 2007
TI  - A novel sustainable decision making model for municipal solid waste management.
PG  - 209-19
AB  - This paper reviews several models developed to support decision making in 
      municipal solid waste management (MSWM). The concepts underlying sustainable MSWM 
      models can be divided into two categories: one incorporates social factors into 
      decision making methods, and the other includes public participation in the 
      decision-making process. The public is only apprised or takes part in discussion, 
      and has little effect on decision making in most research efforts. Few studies 
      have considered public participation in the decision-making process, and the 
      methods have sought to strike a compromise between concerned criteria, not 
      between stakeholders. However, the source of the conflict arises from the 
      stakeholders' complex web of value. Such conflict affects the feasibility of 
      implementing any decision. The purpose of this study is to develop a sustainable 
      decision making model for MSWM to overcome these shortcomings. The proposed model 
      combines multicriteria decision making (MCDM) and a consensus analysis model 
      (CAM). The CAM is built up to aid in decision-making when MCDM methods are 
      utilized and, subsequently, a novel sustainable decision making model for MSWM is 
      developed. The main feature of CAM is the assessment of the degree of consensus 
      between stakeholders for particular alternatives. A case study for food waste 
      management in Taiwan is presented to demonstrate the practicality of this model.
FAU - Hung, Ming-Lung
AU  - Hung ML
AD  - Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, 71 
      Chou-Shan Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC.
FAU - Ma, Hwong-Wen
AU  - Ma HW
FAU - Yang, Wan-Fa
AU  - Yang WF
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20060310
PL  - United States
TA  - Waste Manag
JT  - Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 9884362
SB  - IM
MH  - Cities/*legislation & jurisprudence
MH  - *Decision Making
MH  - *Models, Theoretical
MH  - Refuse Disposal/*legislation & jurisprudence
RF  - 43
EDAT- 2006/03/15 09:00
MHDA- 2007/03/14 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/15 09:00
PHST- 2005/07/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/11/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/01/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/03/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/03/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/15 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0956-053X(06)00021-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.01.008 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Waste Manag. 2007;27(2):209-19. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.01.008. Epub 2006 Mar 
      10.