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Review of Application of Systems Engineering Approaches in Development of Integrated Solid Waste Management for a Smart City

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In the development of waste management systems in a smart city, systems planning and decision-making should include economic, environmental, and social sustainability indicators. Integrated solid waste management (ISWM) involves multiple operations by interconnecting a wide range of stakeholders. The constraints in decision-making process are posing a challenging task for the urban local bodies. Integration of the modern technologies and systems engineering approach provides a scope for synergizing the constraints, experts, and stakeholders. The output generated from this approach will provide better solutions for effective decision-making in an implementation of the solid waste systems for the development of smart sustainable cities. In this paper, three systems engineering approaches geographic information system (GIS), multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), and life-cycle analysis (LCA) applications in solid waste management systems were reviewed. The holistic approach and framework for integrating these systems engineering approaches and technologies in development of ISWM for a smart city were presented.

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Sankar Cheela, V.R., Dubey, B. (2019). Review of Application of Systems Engineering Approaches in Development of Integrated Solid Waste Management for a Smart City. In: Rathinasamy, M., Chandramouli, S., Phanindra, K., Mahesh, U. (eds) Water Resources and Environmental Engineering II. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2038-5_16

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