Strategic Planning of Factors Affecting Municipal Solid Waste Management by Analysis SWOT A case study: Bukan City, Kurdistan Province

The main factors in municipal solid waste management include a variety of activitieswhich must be done in order to achieve the objectives of municipal solid waste management system. Without such factors, there will be no ability or possibility for the success of other factors, and in particular the success of the system. Therefore the aim of this study is to investigate the main factors in municipal solid waste management in Bukan through using SWOT strategy. SWOT model is one of the most appropriate planning techniques and analyzing strategies which has been used in this research as a tool for planning the integrated management of solid waste system in Bukan. For this purpose, first of all, according to the conducted tests, a list of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats has been prepared and then through completing the questionnaire and calculating by using the rank of exponent formula and standard weight equation, the analysis of the priorities has been done and appropriate strategies for development of waste management in Bukan are presented. The results of the SWOT model show that the degree of weakness in the solid waste management in Bukan is so high that with the weight advantage of %86 put it at the first rank of weaknesses. Accordingly, more attention and appropriate policies are required to reduce weaknesses, eliminate threats and utilize the strengths and opportunities.