Publications by authors named "Salma Akter Urme"
Article Synopsis
- The paper reviews the challenges and gaps in solid waste management policies and practices in Bangladesh, focusing on Dhaka's waste management system.
- It employs a multi-method approach, analyzing 24 policy documents and conducting workshops to understand the situation better.
- Despite some reforms since 1983, the current waste management system in Bangladesh is largely ineffective, suffering from poor implementation, lack of coordination, and inadequate monitoring efforts.
Two Dhaka, Bangladesh, landfills are explored to understand how management practices impact environmental quality and public health in the surrounding areas. A combination of research methods is used, such as geospatial buffer zone analysis, semi-structured observation checklist and qualitative interviews, to gain an understanding of the waste transportation, leachate percolation, and adverse health and environmental effects. A multi-ring buffer zone and ground truth method were applied through ArcMap for the spatial distribution of landfill-adjacent environmental features.
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