Spatial Variation of Airborne Allergenic Fungal Spores in the Ambient PM2.5—A Study in Rajkot City, Western Part of India

Sustainable landfill sites selection using geospatial information and AHP-GDM approach: A case study of Abha-Khamis in Saudi Arabia

“…Many researchers [ [ [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] , [18] ]] advocated prohibiting the disposal of solid waste in open areas owing to the inherent threat of air and groundwater pollution, serious health, aesthetic and environmental problems, property depreciation, fire, and explosion owing to spontaneous combustion and slope instabilities in some hilly areas. Researchers [ [ [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] ]] have highly recommended the application of geospatial techniques for integrating waste management strategies (WMS) into urban planning to replace expensive and time-consuming ground measurements for solid waste landfill selection and management [ 4 , 19 , 39 ]. successfully used applied the advanced tools of GIS, MCDA and AHP to locate sustainable landfills and optimize the waste transportation network rather than solely relying on economic criteria when selecting a solid waste landfill.…”

“…To integrate waste management strategies into urban planning for healthy and sustainable societies, researchers [ [ [27] , [28] , [29] , [30] , [31] , [32] , [33] , [34] ]] have demonstrated the use of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information systems (GIS) methods for planning, landfill management; and landfill site selection to replace expensive and time-consuming ground surveys for solid waste landfill selection and management. Other studies [ [ [35] , [36] , [37] ]] have combined the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) with RS and GIS for assessment of complex decision problems in the selection of landfills.…”