04767nam a22001457a 4500 9789383419968 711\SAN Sandu Kiran 6221 Private sector participation in municipal solid waste management : sustainability dynamics and policy correction Ghaziabad, UP, India Copal Publishing Group 2021 409p. WORD/2025/CRB/1766, Word Bookshop 2025-11-25 Muncipal solid waste Management in India: The road to Privatization p.2, 1.1 Introduction p.2, 1.2 Private sector participation in municipal solid waste management p.2,1.3 Contextual setting: India p.4,1.4 Amritsar: Case study impressions p.5,1.5 Study aim p.11,1.6 Key research questions p.2, p.14,1.7 Justification of the study p.14,1.8 Methodological framework of research p.18,1.9 Conclusion p.19, 2. Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Conjectural Discourse p.24, 2.1 Introduction p.24, 2.2 Theoretical discourse methodology p.25,2.3 Municipal solid waste: Exploring the heap p.28,2.4 Private sector participation: A municipal solid waste perspective p.41, 2.5 Private sector participation in MSW management: Review p.50,2.6 Determining the lens of sustainability, assessment criteria and indicators p.62,2.7 Criteria and indicators in the private sector participation literature p.67,2.8 Private sector participation in MSW management: Assessment of criteria and indicator choices p.70, 2.9 Sustainability assessment framework for case study evaluation p.73, 2.10 Neo-institutionalism and evaluation of inter-organisational relationships p.74, 2.11 Sustainability assessment framework p.78, 2.12 Conclusion p.80, 3. Sustainability Assessment Framework for Evaluation of Privatization 1.9 Conclusion p.94,3.1 Introduction p.94, 3.2 Revisiting the key research question p.95, 3.3 Sustainability assessment framework for the study p.96, 3.4 Of ontological and epistemological premises: Detangling the paradigm web p.100,3.5 Research design p.103,3.6 Reliability and validity p.106, 3.7 Case study protocol p.108, 3.8 Methods employed for data collection p.109, 3.9 Sampling methods p.115, 3.10 Data analysis p.118, 3.11 Research ethics p.121, 3.12 Conclusion p.122, 4 Amritsar: A Waste Trajectory and Chronicle of Privatisation p.128, 4.1 Introduction p.128, 4.2 Amritsar: A Spatial-Demographic brief p.129, 4.3 The waste trail p.131, 4.4 MSW characteristics and composition p.133, 4.5 MSW management operations p.137, 4.6 Community perceptions of MSW management p.145, 4.7 An account of waste litigations p.147, 4.8 Romancing privatisation; on shaky grounds? p.149, 4.9 Inferences and conclusions p.156, 5. Sustainability Assessment of the Social Dimension p.160, 5.1 Introduction p.160, 5.2 A brief review of social sustainability benchmarks p.161, 5.3 Informal waste management operations in the city p.164, 5.4 Local government policy towards informal waste sector integration p.169, 5.5 Impacts of privatisation on the informal sector p.171, 5.6 Impact on AMC sanitary workers p.174, 5.7 Impact on sanitation workers of the private waste handling company p.181, 5.8 Equitable access to service p.186,5.9 Community participation in MSW post-privatisation p.187, 5.10 Inferences and conclusions p.189, 6. Sustainability Assessment of the Economic Dimension p.196, 6.1 Introduction p.196, 6.2 A brief review of economic sustainability benchmarks p.197, 6.3 Economic efficiency p.205, 6.4 Labour productivity p.212, 6.5 Vehicle productivity p.217, 6.6 Inferences and conclusions p.225, 7. Sustainability Assessment of the Environmental Dimension p.233, 7.1 Introduction p.233, 7.2 A brief review of environmentally sustainable MSW practices p.234, 7.3 Waste generation p.240, 7.4 Waste storage and segregation p.242, 7.5 Waste collection and transportation p.247, 7.6 Waste treatment p.253, 7.7 Waste disposal p.256, 7.8 Environmental and occupational risk p.260,7.9 Inferences and conclusions p.264, 8. Sustainability Assessment of the Institutional Dimension p.270, 8.1 Introduction p.270, 8.2 Institutional sustainability dynamics p.271, 8.3 Pre-requisites framework p.277, 8.4 Key contract specifications p.285, 8.5 Inter-organisational relationships p.300, 8.6 Inferences and conclusions p.305, 9. Pragmatic Reflections p.314, 9.1 Introduction p.314, 9.2 An analytical summary of findings p.316, 9.3 Contribution of the study p.322, 9.4 Critical reflections p.325, 9.5 Propositions for future studies p.326, 9.6 Recommendations for progression towards MSW sustainability p.329, Appendices p.342, Appendix I: Supplementary Figures and Tables p.342, Appendix II: Interview Protocols and Survey Instruments p.360, List of Abbreviations p.399, Index p.402. BK 10949 10949 0 0 0 0 KRVIA KRVIA 2025-11-27 WORD/2025/CRB/1766, Word bookshop 1957.00 0 711\SAN 8799 2025-11-28 2025-11-28 BARCH BK BARCH