03079nas|a2200409 a 4500 20260818223652.0 071113s2007 th uu|m rtt 0| a1eng d .b11891166 AIT Thesis no.EV-07-31 Nguyen Thi Minh Thu Sustainable solid waste management practices : a comparative study of Bangkok City and Ho Chi Minh City Pathum Thani, Thailand : Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 104 p. : ill. Thesis ; no. EV-07-31 Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2007 Solid waste management (SWM) is becoming an environmental concern in urban areas of many developing countries. Common problems for municipal solid waste management in developing countries in Asia include institutional deficiencies, inadequate legislation, resource constraints, etc. In order to investigate sustainable solutions for SWM in urban areas, the concept "Integrated and Sustainable Solid Waste Management" (ISSWM) was employed in this study with case studies taken in Bangkok, Thailand and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. In this research, three aspects such as technical effectiveness, public private participation, and recycling effectiveness were used as indicators for SWM sustainability. Based on data obtained from questionnaires, site visits, personal interviews and literature reviews, Bangkok City was found to have better sustainability index than Ho Chi Minh City. This is due mainly to lesser economic growth, treatment deficiency, lack of public participation in collection and treatment system. Beside, Bangkok City presented high rate of collection, treatment effectiveness and public involvement which brought SWM system this city become more sustainable and integrated A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Management. Refuse and refuse disposal Thailand Bangkok Refuse and refuse disposal Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Chongrak Polprasert, Chairperson Thammarat Koottatep, Examination Committee Vilas Nitivattananon, Examination committee Project 300, Vietnam, Scholarship donor AIT Fellowship, Scholarship donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. EV-07-31 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B11256 .b11891166 mnait u 240404 0 071113 m a u 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120804140 CREATED : 2014-04-02 RECORD # : i12755588 LPATRON : 1027181 LCHKIN : 2018-04-05 # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 2 TOT CHKOUT : 1 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160049622 CREATED : 2016-05-30 RECORD # : i13003859 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 116846 116846 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.EV-07-31 30050120804140 2026-08-18 22:36:52 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.EV-07-31 30050160049622 2026-08-18 22:36:52 2026-08-18 40