scholarly journals Landfill Site Selection Using GIS and (AHP): Case Study of Ranya City

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Sarkar Hamad Khdir ◽  
Kameran Taheer Saeed
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Pairwise Comparison ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Pairwise Comparison Matrix ◽  
North West ◽  
Suitability Index ◽  
Environmental Requirements ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Ranya City is located in North West of Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. It has an area of (76.7) km2. In 2018, it was home for (102,571) inhabitants. Presently, there are no landfills in the study area that fulfills necessary environmental requirements; thus, informal and unsuitable solid waste dumping is negatively impacting human health and the environment. Land fill site selection can be a difficult task as it is impacted by different factors and regulations. This study is an attempt to identify and evaluate suitable landfill locations in the study area using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS). Ten criteria are used in this process which includes: groundwater depth, surface water, residential areas, Geological formations, slope, elevation, soil type, land use, roads and archeological sites. AHP was used to determine the weight for each criteria using pairwise comparison matrix. Three classes of suitability index were found: unsuitable (98.47%), moderately suitable (0.003%) and suitable (1.52%) of the study area. Three suitable landfill sites were identified as candidate sites that meet the requirements with an area of (0.29) km2, (0.12) km2 and (0.098) km2 respectively.

Sanitary landfill site selection using multi-criteria decision analysis and analytical hierarchy process: A case study in Azuay province, Ecuador

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (10) ◽  
pp. 1129-1141
Author(s):  
Sandra Lucía Cobos Mora ◽  
José Luis Solano Peláez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Analytical Hierarchy Process ◽  
Site Selection ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Analysis ◽  
Suitability Index ◽  
Suitable Area ◽  
Governance Processes ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Despite environmental regulations in Ecuador, particularly in the Province of Azuay, the solid waste final disposal management is still a socio-environmental problem, worsened by weak governance processes. The province has three sanitary landfills with almost expired service lives. The site selection was based on circumstantial reasons, which makes landfills more likely to cause environmental pollution and, therefore, have negative implications for public health. The largest landfill serves Cuenca and also leases service to other small cities. The remaining two are small and, accordingly, have limited technology and fewer resources. In this context, the main aim of this study is to evaluate the terrain of the province to find the most suitable area for landfill siting. A multi-criteria decision analysis, integrated with a geographical information system and analytical hierarchy process methodology, was conducted. Fourteen factors and seven constraints were simultaneously analysed, divided into technical, environmental, social, and economic categories; 15 of these criteria were from the Ecuadorian Unified Text of the Secondary Legislation of the Environmental Ministry. According to the results, 76.17% of the territory is not suitable for landfill implementation, and the unrestricted area represents the remaining 23.83%. The highest landfill suitability index (70–81%) is located in the south of the province in Santa Isabel, Oña, and Nabón cantons, which are dry and clay-rich areas.

scholarly journals Combining AHP-Entropy Approach with GIS for Construction Waste Landfill Selection—A Case Study of Shenzhen

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhikun Ding ◽  
Menglian Zhu ◽  
Zezhou Wu ◽  
Yanbin Fu ◽  
Xia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Waste Landfill ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Selection Of

With the recent fast economy development and rapid urbanization, the huge generation of construction waste has become a threat to sustainable development in China. Though efforts have been made to promote reuse and recycling of construction waste, landfilling of waste remains the most commonly adapted approach for construction waste disposal. As the space for landfills is limited and because of the negative issues in terms of environmental and social aspects that may be caused, the appropriate site selection of landfills is crucial. With this background, this paper aims to establish a framework for facilitating landfill selection for construction waste. To begin with, a total of sixteen factors that may influence landfill site selection were identified from a literature review. Then, based on the combined analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy method, the weights and the final comprehensive scores of the identified factors were calculated. According to the derived results, potential sites for landfills were divided into three levels, namely the most appropriate (0.38%), appropriate (17.58%), and inappropriate (82.04%). The proposed decision-making methods in this paper can provide a valuable reference for the selection of construction waste landfill sites.

Combining AHP with GIS for landfill site selection: A case study in the Lake Beyşehir catchment area (Konya, Turkey)

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 2037-2046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Şehnaz Şener ◽  
Erhan Şener ◽  
Bilgehan Nas ◽  
Remzi Karagüzel
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Landfill Site ◽  
Landfill Site Selection ◽  
Lake Beysehir
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