Demographic factors, solid waste generation and solid waste expenditures
Demographic factors, solid waste generation and solid waste expenditures

Author(s): Michal Struk
Subject(s): Public Administration, Comparative politics, Evaluation research, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: demographic factors; waste generation; municipal expenditures;
Summary/Abstract: Paper presents a quantitative research concerning various municipal demographic factors and their relationships with municipal solid waste generation. Analyzed factors consist of overall population size of the municipality, level of males and females among the population, level of registered unemployment, population age structure, ratios of flats to total houses, population density and municipality size. Created econometric model estimates coefficients and significance of examined factors regarding actual solid waste generation based on the data from selected sample of municipalities from the South Moravian Region in the Czech Republic.

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