Analysis of Factors Affecting Social Participation in Municipal Waste Management

Cities around the world face many challenges in urban waste management, the most important of which are increased energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, unsanitary public spaces and bad odors, and low recycling rates and limited spaces. Benefiting from social participation, along with integrated urban planning and strategy, can be a safe and physical solution in the optimal management of municipal waste. Extraction of effective components and effectiveness in this process is one of the most important management parameters in the implementation of effective urban management programs, which is one of the important goal of this reseach. In this study, using descriptive-analytical research method and examining the theoretical foundations and experiences and findings of research conducted in the world and successful case studies such as Istanbul, San Francisco, Guangdong, Mangalore was performed and first analyzed using the Delphi technique of effective indicators in public participation focusing on urban waste management in three rounds of a questionnaire and then by combining the questionnaire tools from the Fuzzy Hierarchical Analysis (FAHP) test based on Chang method. It was used to prioritize the components and factors affecting the social participation of municipal waste management. To determine the number of questionnaires, experts and specialists were used using Cochran's method in the form of simple random sampling method. The results show that the social component is in the first rank and the economic, educational and cultural components, laws and regulations are in the next ranks, respectively. Also, from the social components of people's lifestyle, food consumption pattern had the highest priority.