Environmental Management for the Sustainable Management of Usable Solid Waste in the Urban Area of the Municipality of Plato Magdalena

Abstract

A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research works referring to the study of the variables Environmental Management and Solid Waste Management. The purpose of the bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in the Scopus database during the period 2017-2022 by Latin American institutions, achieving the identification of 907 publications. The information provided by said platform was organized through graphs and figures, categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics have been described, the position of different authors regarding the proposed topic is referenced through a qualitative analysis. Among the main findings made through this research, it is found that Brazil, with 550 publications, was the Latin American country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions of said nation. The Area of Knowledge that made the greatest contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of Environmental Management and Solid Waste Management was Environmental Sciences with 669 published documents, and the Type of Publication most used during the period indicated above were Articles. Magazine with 79% of the total scientific production.