Modern Solid Waste Management in Practice The City of Malmö Experience /

• Main Authors: Bernstad Saraiva Schott, Anna (Author), Aspegren, Henrik (Author), Bissmont, Mimmi (Author), la Cour Jansen, Jes (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Environmental sciences.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Civil engineering.; Water pollution.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Civil Engineering.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Urbanism.; Environmental Science and Engineering.

This book focuses on sustainable solid waste management in an urban context and gives an example of how a modern city can work with waste management for increased sustainability in close cooperation with the academy. The book describes challenges which the city is facing and presents a case on how t...

Table of Contents:

• Sustainable waste management in a changing environment
• The City of Malmö as a case study
• Collaboration with external partners–Solid waste management in development
• From idea to reality–The city as a test bed
• Collaboration outcomes
• New projects, building on previous experience
• Future challenges
• The way forward.