94
87 literatures selected for full review on problems,
issues and challenges regarding Municipal Solid
Waste Management in India
31 literatures excluded because of
their focus on quantity and
characteristics of wastes
118 (83 soft copy + 14 hardcopy) literature (Developing/ South-East Asian Countries- 03, India in general- 16,
ULB wise- 74) selected for initial review
04 books, PhD thesis 05
12 research papers later added in a snowball fashion based on citations
Shodhganga
@INFLIBNET
Library work
Available literature
in NEHU Central
Library
Online Ph.D
Thesis
Search Terms: [Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries] or [Solid
Waste Management in India] or [Solid Waste Management in … City]
Web of Science
Google Scholar
Review process
Google.co.in
23 reports, 21 blogs and 36 news articles selected to
review the latest developments in SWM
Finally, 167 literatures
reviewed
Fig. 5.1 Overview of literature adoption system
M. Ray et al.