The Use of Indicators in the Regulation of Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Bibliometric Analysis (2004–2024)

Marcello Ádamis Andrade (), Risete Maria Queiroz Leão Braga, Antônio de Noronha Tavares and Rui Cunha Marques
Additional contact information
Marcello Ádamis Andrade: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01 Campus Universitário do Guamá, Belém 66.075.110, Pará, Brazil
Risete Maria Queiroz Leão Braga: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01 Campus Universitário do Guamá, Belém 66.075.110, Pará, Brazil
Antônio de Noronha Tavares: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01 Campus Universitário do Guamá, Belém 66.075.110, Pará, Brazil
Rui Cunha Marques: RCM2+, Research Centre for Asset Management and Systems Engineering, Lusofona University, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-19

Abstract: The regulation of urban solid waste management services has become increasingly complex, requiring effective performance indicators for monitoring and evaluation. This study conducted a bibliometric analysis to understand how indicators are being used in solid waste management regulation worldwide. This research employed the Web of Science database to analyze scientific production from 2004 to 2024, using Biblioshiny 4.1 software for data processing and analysis. From 779 initially identified documents, 38 studies were selected and thoroughly analyzed. The results revealed a concentration of scientific production in European countries, with Portugal leading (20 publications), followed by Italy (12) and the Netherlands (7). The analysis identified 99 authors with an average of 3.26 co-authors per document and a 26.32% international co-authorship rate. The articles averaged 23.4 citations, indicating a significant academic impact. A keyword analysis revealed 132 terms, with “regulation”, “waste management”, and “efficiency” being the most prominent. The bibliographic coupling analysis demonstrated strong connections between regulation and efficiency, particularly in Portugal’s sunshine regulation model through ERSAR. This study highlights the need for standardized performance indicators in regulatory frameworks and suggests opportunities for increased international collaboration in developing effective monitoring systems for solid waste management services.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; solid waste management; performance indicators; regulation; municipal solid waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/4/1348/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/4/1348/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:4:p:1348-:d:1585573

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().