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Population access to waste collection services: urban vs rural areas in Romania

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  • Mihai, Florin-Constantin

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This paper aims a comparative analysis at county level concerning urban and rural population access to sanitation services in the context of EU accession. Partially coverage of population to such services contributes to illegal dumping of waste generated and uncollected.Furthermore, waste management facilities are inappropriate, particularly in small cities or rural areas. Comparative analysis of urban vs. rural population served by waste collection services using thematic cartography highlights on the one hand the existing disparities within a county and on the other hand reflects the regional disparities across Romania.The demographic, socioeconomic and geographic diferentiations between urban and rural areas amplify these gaps that prevent from implementation of an effective waste management system at national scale.Thematic maps highlights that urban population is not fully covered by sanitation services while in rural areas less than half ofpopulation has access to these services.Also,in some counties, vulnerability to illegal dumping is high in both rural and urban areas.

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  • Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2012. "Population access to waste collection services: urban vs rural areas in Romania," MPRA Paper 61362, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
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    1. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Ghiurca, Ana-Andreea & Lamasanu, Andreea, 2011. "Estimation of urban waste generated and uncollected in Romania," MPRA Paper 61445, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2011.
    2. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Apostol, Liviu & Lamasanu, Andreea & Ghiurca, Ana-Andreea, 2012. "Spatio-temporal analysis of Romania's rural population access to sanitation services in the context of EU accession," MPRA Paper 62227, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
    3. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Lamasanu, Andreea & Apostol, Liviu, 2012. "Regional Disparities in Urban Population Access to Sanitation Services. Case Study: Romania," MPRA Paper 61363, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2012.
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    4. Florin Constantin Mihai, 2015. "Accessibility of waste collection services in Romania: a multi-scale analysis in EU context using thematic cartography [L'accessibilità dei servizi di raccolta dei rifiuti in Romania: un'analisi mu," Post-Print hal-01266116, HAL.
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    6. Mihai, Florin-Constantin & Apostol, Liviu & Chelaru, Dan-Adrian & Ursu, Adrian, 2013. "EU acquis compliance on urban waste management. Case study: Piatra Neamt, Romania," MPRA Paper 62378, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.
    7. Mihai, Florin-Constantin, 2013. "Development of MSW collection services on regional scale : spatial analysis and urban disparities in North-East Region, Romania," MPRA Paper 61501, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2013.

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    Keywords

    sanitation services; urban vs rural areas; illegal dumping; waste mangement;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General

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