PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLID-WASTE MANAGEMENT IN URBAN INDIA

Planning for sustainable urban solid waste management (USWM) in develo ping countries has to address several interdependent issues such as pu blic health, environment, present and future costs to society and the livelihood of the ''actors'' in the informal recycling sector, This ar ticle presents a system dynamics model which captures the dynamic natu re of interactions among the various components of the USWM system in a typical metropolitan city in India. The model provides a platform fo r debate on the potential and systemic consequences of various structu ral and policy alternatives for sustainable USWM. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.