The assessment of solid waste management practices and problems in Addis Ababa: the case of Akaki-Kality sub city
| dc.contributor.advisor | Jemal, Abagissa (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Angesom, Tekle | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-22T15:13:04Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:19:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-10-22T15:13:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:19:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description | A Thesis Submitted to the College of Business and Economics Graduate Programs of Addis Ababa University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Public Management and Policy | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted to assess the management of Domestic solid waste management practices using the case of Akaki-kality sub city in Addis Ababa Capital city of Ethiopia. Three specific objectives guided this study and these include establishing the status of the existing solid waste collection, transportation and disposal practices in Akaki-kality sub city; to examine magnitude of solid waste management problems and to design strategies to overcome waste management challenges in Akakai-kality sub city. A purposive and simple random sampling design was used for this study in which a total of 216 respondents informed this study. These were reached through purposive and random sampling. Observation, questionnaires and interviews were used during the collection of primary data. Data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. According to the findings of the study, people in Akaki-kality sub city use different methods in collection of solid waste transport it and later dispose at recognized site. It was found that solid waste management is the work of unions and the solid waste administration offices under the authority of the municipality. It established that materials such as sucks are used in the due course to collect solid waste. The study concludes that the management and collection of solid waste is never a duty of neither one person nor one organization; rather all groups and individuals at hand. Therefore, there is a need for all people to work for the clean environment and a better life. The study also calls different groups and organizations to apply modern techniques for the collection, transportation and disposing of solid waste in Akaki-kality sub city. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/19602 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Akaki-kality sub city | en_US |
| dc.subject | Domestic solid waste | en_US |
| dc.subject | Solid waste collection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Waste recycling | en_US |
| dc.title | The assessment of solid waste management practices and problems in Addis Ababa: the case of Akaki-Kality sub city | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |