PREFACE
OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Introduction to the issues defining the research problems
1.1.1 Municipal solid waste management -- a globalissue
1.1.2 The reality of linking urban waste to urban agriculture production
1.1.3 Municipal solid waste pressure in the local context of
1.2 Problem statement
1.3 Research objectives and methodology
1.4 Thesis presentation
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Household waste separation -- a requirement of collective action
2.1.1 Collective action problem
2.1.2 Determinants of household waste separation
2.2 Farmers' decision making in pro-environmental agricultural practices
2.2.1 Variable groups influencing farmers' environmental behaviour
2.2.2 Practice of compost use and farmers' acceptability
2.3 Stakeholders' involvement in multi-level governance settings of municipal solid waste
2.3.1 Stakeholder
2.3.2 Governance
2.3.3 Multi-level governance
2.3.4 Multi -- stakeholder governance in municipal solid waste
CHAPTER 3 THE PRACTICE OF MUNICIPAL ORGANIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
3.1 Municipal solid waste management in Hanoi
3.1.1 Legal framework and institutional arrangements
3.1.2 Solid waste generation and composition
3.1.3 Waste separation
3.1.4 Waste collection and transportation
3.1.5 Waste treatment
3.1.6 Summary
3.2 Municipal solid waste management in some Asian countries and regions
3.2.1 Experience of organic waste management in Taiwan, China
3.2.2 Experience of food waste management in South Korea
3.2.3 Experience in municipal organic waste in Thailand
3.2.4 Municipal organic waste management in Indonesia
3.3 Key issues withdrawn from the cases
3.3.1 Segregation at source
3.3.2 Market for recycled products
3.3.3 Legislation support and multi-stakeholders' governance
CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY
4.1 Contingent Valuation Method （CVM） for investigating residents' willingness to separate waste
4.1.1 Sampling
4.1.2 The questionnaire
4.1.3 Data analysis
4.2 CVM for investigating urban farmers' willingness to pay for compost
4.2.1 Sampling
4.2.2 The questionnaire
4.2.3 Data analysis
4.3 A combination of Stakeholder analysis and Social network analysis f6r investigating stakeholders' involvement
4.3.1 Stakeholder analysis