| Abstract: |
Urban society generates and rejects solid material regularly. Due to rapid increase in production and consumption, volumes of wastes generated have increased considerably. Improper management of these wastes led to public health hazards, environmental pollution, unaesthetic appearance, etc. Most parts of India are not efficient in handling wastes when compared to developed countries. In order to improve the present practice, an effort is made to arrive at optimal solid waste management strategy by incorporating spatial analysis tool(Geographic Information System). This study is being carried out at Indian Institute of Science(IISc) campus, Bangalore, India. IISc Campus sprawling over 180 hectares with interdisciplinary activities have (40 departments, 400 faculty members, 800 supporting staff, 1500 students and 450 residential houses) generate various kinds of wastes ranging from paper, plastic materials, garbage, etc to metal, glass, construction debris, hazardous wastes. Quantification of various wastes from different sector through field investigations covering collection mechanism, primary constituents, rates of generation were done. Apart from this litter generated in vegetative and other areas has been quantified through landuse analysis. Optimal management strategy is proposed with these attribute information and various layers of spatial information i.e., road network, distribution of bins, type of bins, land use, topography and drainage network.
Cestvr@hamsadvani.serc.iisc.ac.in
