Evaluating the Services of Municipal Solid Waste Management Through Public Private Partnership in India : A Case Study on Delhi and Bengaluru Waste Management Projects

Contents
Acknowledgements;
vii List of Abbreviations;
viii Table of Figures ;
List of Graphs ;
List of Tables ;
List of Photographs ;
Chapter 1 ;
Introduction;
1.1 Research Problem ;
1.2 Structure of the Dissertation ;
Chapter 2 ;
Background and Literature Review ;
2.1 Literature Review;
2.1.1 Municipal Solid Waste Generation in India;
2.1.2 Is there a need to include the private players in managing the Municipal Solid Waste?;
2.1.3 Waste Disposal Plants in India;
Chapter 3;
Research Methodology; Objective of the Study ;
3.2 Research Questions ;
3.3 Research Design;
3.3.1 Case Studies;
3.3.2 Focus Group Discussion ;
3.3.3 Personal Interviews ;
3.3.3 Survey ;
3.4 Ethical Concerns ;
Chapter 4;
Understanding Solid Waste Management Plants in Megacities ;
4.1 Timarpur Okhla (Delhi) Waste to Energy Plant ;
4.1.1 The Timarpur Incineration Plant, 1987;
4.1.2 Timarpur-Okhla Integrated Waste Management Company;
4.1.3 Inundated in Toxins: A Fight Against Okhla Waste to Energy Plant; 32 4.1.4 Dioxins a Surreptitious Killer;
4.1.5 NGT‘s Verdict;
4.1.6 Years of Court Cases;
4.1.7 Timeline and the Case History of the Waste to Energy Plant, Okhla;
4.1.8 Analysing Waste to Energy Plant, Okhla;
4.2 Kannahalli Bio-methanation and Compost Plants, Bengaluru ;
4.2.1 Scientific Management of Landfills;
4.2.2 Bio-methanation;
4.2.4 Analysing Bio-methanation and Composting Plants, Kannahalli ;
Chapter 5;
Evolving a User-Centric Evaluation in Delhi and Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Projects ;
5.1 A Route for Conflict Response;
A Focus Group Discussion with the residents of Sukhdev Vihar, Delhi ;
5.2 A Survey Conducted at Kannahalli Village, Bengaluru ;
5.3 Findings ;
Chapter 6 ;
Evaluating Opportunities and Gaps in a Multi-Sector Partnership ;
6.1 Opportunities and Gaps in the System ;
6.2 Conclusion ;
6.3 Policy Recommendations;
Appendix 1: Environmental, Economic and Social impacts of the improper municipal solid waste management ;
Appendix 2: Profile of Municipal Solid Waste in Delhi ;
Appendix 3: Focus Group Discussion, Sukhdev Vihar, Delhi ;
Appendix 4: Interviewees in the Research (Personal Interview) ;
Appendix 5: Interview Schedule for the residents of Kannahalli Village, Bengaluru;
References.