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Solid Waste Management in Small Tourism Islands: An Evolutionary Governance Approach

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  • Kylie Ching Mun Wang

    (Research Centre for Sustainability Science & Governance (SGK), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi 43600, Malaysia)

  • Khai Ern Lee

    (Research Centre for Sustainability Science & Governance (SGK), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi 43600, Malaysia
    Center for Research and Instrumentation Management (CRIM), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi 43600, Malaysia
    Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Petaling Jaya 47500, Malaysia)

  • Mazlin Mokhtar

    (Research Centre for Sustainability Science & Governance (SGK), Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi 43600, Malaysia
    Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Sunway University, Petaling Jaya 47500, Malaysia)

Abstract

In many regions and nations, solid waste management is deemed as critical, complicated, and multifaceted. The essence of solid waste management in each society can be influenced by a variety of economic activities and physical geographies. Small islands with their geographic isolation and a tourism-driven economy pose a great challenge in ensuring sustainability in respect to solid waste management. Beyond the issues of solid waste management on small islands, the governance of solid waste management particularly requires distinctive attention. This aspect is often disregarded as it is a tricky issue for many governments, especially on the territories of small islands. Through the lens of Evolutionary Governance Theory, this paper examines the rigidity in the governance of solid waste management, particularly on small islands, in how related issues are addressed. A range of aspects of governance of solid waste management are analyzed and gaps are identified to propose a way forward in approaching governance problems on small islands through the conceptualization of evolutionary governance.

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  • Kylie Ching Mun Wang & Khai Ern Lee & Mazlin Mokhtar, 2021. "Solid Waste Management in Small Tourism Islands: An Evolutionary Governance Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-26, May.
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