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SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT THROUGH ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS – A SOLUTION TO KOCHI CITY, INDIA
Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, South India and second most important city next to Mumbai on the Western coast is a land having a wide variety of residential environments. Due to rapid population growth, changing lifestyles, food habits and living standards, institutional weaknesses, improp...
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International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research,
2013
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| Online Zugang: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005731.pdf |
| Zusammenfassung: | Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, South India and second most important city next to
Mumbai on the Western coast is a land having a wide variety of residential environments.
Due to rapid population growth, changing lifestyles, food habits and living standards,
institutional weaknesses, improper choice of technology and public apathy, the present pattern
of the city can be classified as that of haphazard growth with typical problems
characteristics of unplanned urban development especially in the case of solid waste
management. To have a better living condition for us and our future generations, we must know
where we are now and how far we need to go. We, each individual must calculate how much
nature we use and compare it to how much nature we have available. This can be achieved by
applying the concept of ecological footprint. Ecological footprint analysis (EFA) is a
quantitative tool that represents the ecological load imposed on earth by humans in spatial
terms. The aim of applying EFA to Kochi city is to quantify the consumption and waste
generation of a population and to compare it with the existing biocapacity. By quantifying the
ecological footprint we can formulate strategies to reduce the footprint and there by having a
sustainable living. The paper discusses the various footprint components of Kochi city and in
detail analyses the waste footprint of the residential areas using waste footprint analyzer. An
attempt is also made to suggest some waste foot print reduction strategies thereby making the
city sustainable as far as solid waste management is concerned. |
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| Beschreibung: | Volume 4, Issue 4, April-2013 776 |