Stakeholder-based SWOT analysis for successful municipal solid waste management in Lucknow, India

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Waste Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2004.08.010· OSTI ID:20875660

Srivastava, P K ^[1]; Kulshreshtha, K ^[1]; Mohanty, C S ^[1]; Pushpangadan, P ^[1]; Singh, A ^[2]

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1. Eco-Education Division, National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow 226001 (India)
2. Ministry of Environment and Forest, Central Regional Office, CGO Complex, Aliganj, Lucknow 226020 (India)

The present investigation is a case study of Lucknow, the main metropolis in Northern India, which succumbs to a major problem of municipal solid waste and its management. A qualitative investigation using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis (SWOT) has been successfully implemented through this community participation study. This qualitative investigation emphasizes the limited capabilities of the municipal corporation's resources to provide proper facilitation of the municipal solid waste management (MSWM) services without community participation in Lucknow city. The SWOT analysis was performed to formulate strategic action plans for MSWM in order to mobilize and utilize the community resources on the one hand and municipal corporation's resources on the other. It has allowed the introduction of a participatory approach for better collaboration between the community and municipal corporation in Lucknow (India). With this stakeholder-based SWOT analysis, efforts were made to explore the ways and means of converting the possible 'threats' into 'opportunities' and changing the 'weaknesses' into 'strengths' regarding a community-based MSWM programme. By this investigation, concrete strategic action plans were developed for both the community and municipal corporation to improve MSWM in Lucknow.

• OSTI ID: 20875660
• Journal Information: Waste Management, Vol. 25, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2004.08.010; PII: S0956-053X(04)00155-2; Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0956-053X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMMUNITIES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
INDIA
MUNICIPAL WASTES
SOLID WASTES
URBAN AREAS