GIS-based approach for optimized siting of municipal solid waste landfill

Sumathi, V.R.; Natesan, Usha; Sarkar, Chinmoy

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2007.09.032

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“…The decision of optimizing landfill siting have gained considerable importance so the least damage impacts could be ensured towards to the various environmental aspects as well as to the individual who are living surround the landfill site, thereby enhancing overall sustainability associated with the life cycle of a landfill [12]. By virtue of these, the Malaysia government recognizes that the appropriate waste management is essential tool in achieving sustainable development [13].…”

Section: Landfill Site Selectionmentioning

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Challenges in Selecting a Sustainable Landfill Site in Malaysia

Sin

Goh

2016

MATEC Web of Conferences

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Abstract. Landfill is essential in the management of municipal solid wastes in Malaysia. The role of a landfill site has become prominent with the increasing quantity of municipal solid waste. However, the selection of a landfill site has always been one of the crucial yet complicated parts in constructing a landfill. Due to the negative impacts that caused by a landfill site, an appropriate landfill site is required in order to minimize the negative impacts to the lower. Therefore, this paper probes into the challenges in landfill site selection in Peninsular Malaysia. This research is conducted through the reviewing of past similar research and case study with eight different government departments that have play a role in evaluating the suitability of a site to be used as landfill. The results obtained show the challenges in selecting a landfill site. Through the understanding of the landfill site selection, it enables future research to improve the current landfill site selection system and ensure its sustainability.

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Section: Landfill Site Selectionmentioning

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Challenges in Selecting a Sustainable Landfill Site in Malaysia

Sin

Goh

2016

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“…The selection of a new waste disposal site is a complicated process as it requires considerable expertise in diverse social and environmental fields, such as soil science, engineering, hydro-geology, topography, land use, sociology and economics [14]. This process was carried out through a multi-level screening process.…”

Section: Digital Environmental Mapsmentioning

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Landfill Site Selection in Al-Najaf Governorate, Iraq

Alanbari¹,

Thameer²,

Al‐Ansari³

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Solid waste management aspect is one of the most important challenges facing the local administration in the Governorate of Najaf. Therefore, this study aims to provide for solid waste management problem by choosing the best locations for the establishment of sanitary landfills in the governorate. In this study, GIS (geographic information system) and MCDA (multi-criteria decision analysis) were used based on 17 environmental, economic and geological criteria converted to input digital map layers. These were urban centres, cemetery, airports, electrical power lines, oil pipes, railways, roads, slope, historical sites, main rivers, industrial areas, religion sites, wells, military area, electrical power plants, nature reserves and national borders to select most importance sites in the governorate. AHP (analytic hierarchy process) method was used in weighting the criteria used. All layers' maps were graded from 0 (not suitable) to 5 (most suitable) using spatial information scale then SAW (simple additive weighting) method was integrated in GIS used to calculate the suitability index for the studied area. The results indicated that 4.4% of the study region is suitable for landfill siting with grading values greater than 4.0. This included five sites distributed in three qadhaas of governorate.

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“…Some researchers have been trying to shorten the routing distance (Beltrami and Bodin (1974) [7]; Ronen and Kellerman (1983) [8] [25]). Other authors focus on finding the most appropriate location for collection bins and dis- [34]), and other studies focus on minimizing the number of collection vehicles needed for the takeback system (Clark and Gillean (1975) [35]; Aringhieri et al (2004) [36]; Arribas et al (2009) [37]). …”

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confidence: 99%