REVIEW ON DECISION SUPPORT MODELS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CBA OF SWM IN RURAL INDIA

Abstract

The convolution involved in municipal solid waste management necessitates development of new tools which will be capable of processing data inputs of varying formats like Decision Support Systems (DSS) which gives expert opinion in multi objective decision making scenario. This paper conducts a literature review of decision support models and tools that are commonly used in the solid waste management area. These decision support models include study of lifecycle assessment, the cost–benefit analysis and the multi-criteria decision-making. In this paper work is focused on the methodology of CBA in solid waste management. Study is carried out on solid waste management of Bidal village in Maharashtra, India.