Municipal solid waste landfill siting using intelligent system

Al-Jarrah, Omar; Qdais, Hani Abu

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2005.01.026

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“…The study area covers about 804 km 2 , and the major city within the study area is Mafraq City. It is located in the northern part of Jordan, and northeast of Amman City, the capital city of Jordan.…”

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Using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination Analysis and Remote Sensing Techniques to Select Optimum Solid Waste Disposal Sites within Mafraq City, Jordan

Al-Hanbali¹,

Alsaaideh²,

Kondoh³

2011

JGIS

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Landfill siting was determined within Mafraq City, Jordan, through the integration of geographic information system (GIS), weighted linear combination (WLC) analysis, and remote sensing techniques. Several parameters were collected from various sources in vector and raster GIS formats, and then, used within the GIS-based WLC analysis to select optimum solid waste disposal sites. Namely, urban areas, agricultural lands, access roads, surface aquifers, groundwater table, fault system, water wells, streams, and land slope were considered in this research. Also, the trend of urban expansion within the study area was monitored using the Landsat data of 1989, 1999, and 2009 to support the selection process of disposal sites. It is found that about 84% of the study area was within "most suitable" to "moderately suitable" classes for landfill sites, while the rest of the study area was within "poorly suitable" and "unsuitable" classes. Based on the analysis of Landsat satellite data the urban area was expanded of more than 240% during the last three decades, mainly toward south, and southwest, except the villages near the existing disposal site, where the trend was toward east and northeast. Finally, three sites were suggested as alternatives to the existing disposal site taking into the consideration the environmental, biophysical, and economical variables applied in the GIS-based WLC analysis.

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“…Several studies have been conducted on different scales to find the optimum locations for solid waste disposal sites [1][2][3]. Whether the solid waste is a municipal or hazardous waste, the selection of its ultimate site is complex [4,5].…”

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Using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination Analysis and Remote Sensing Techniques to Select Optimum Solid Waste Disposal Sites within Mafraq City, Jordan

Al-Hanbali¹,

Alsaaideh²,

Kondoh³

2011

JGIS

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“…As a consequence, authorities enforced legislation for proper collection and disposal of solid waste, and it is a form of systematic structuring and institutionalization of solid waste management. 6,7,8 A vast number of human activities can generate solid wastes. 9 Large amount of solid waste are produced by agriculture and mining industries, but these wastes generally have less impact on the majority of population and are not included in our study.…”

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Solid Waste management in Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam

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Shagar²,

R³

2014

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“…This alternative presents a set of advantages and disadvantages. This management solution occupies the lowest step in integrated waste management (Figure 1), though it is a healthier alternative than dumping the waste in open places (Al-Jarrah and Abu-Qdais, 2006). Determining the location of landfill sites is difficult and complex because it must combine social, environmental, and technical parameters (Vasiloglou, 2004, Sener et al, 2010 and depends on a multiplicity of regulations (Siddiqui et al, 1996;ReVelle and Eiseltb, 2005;Sener et al, 2006).…”

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Identifying problems for choosing suitable areas for installation of a new landfill through GIS technology: A case study

Nascimento

Silva

2013

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Selecting a suitable place to install a new landfill is a hard work. Bauru is a Brazilian municipality where the local landfill currently in use has a life span that is almost over, and the selection of a new area for a future landfill is crucial and urgent. Here we use a geographic information system (GIS) approach to indicate possible suitable areas for installing the landfill. The considered criteria were: river network and the respective buffer zone, relief, urban areas and their respective buffer zone, existence of Areas for Environmental Protection (AEPs), occurrence of wells and their respective buffer zones, existence of airports and their buffer zones, wind direction, and the road network and its respective buffer zone. Due the facts that (1) Bauru has an urban area relatively large in relation to whole municipal area, (2) Bauru has two airports, and (3) this area encompasses parts of three AEPs, the model showed that there are few areas suitable and moderately suitable in Bauru, and the greater part of the municipality is unsuitable to install a new landfill. Due to this important finding reported here, the local policymakers should consider the suitable or even moderately suitable areas for analysis in situ or look for other creative solutions for destination of the solid waste. We highly encourage the use of GIS in studies that seek suitable areas for future landfills, having found that SIG was a tool that allowed fast and precise work and generated an outcome sufficiently clear of interpretation.Implications: Solid waste (SW) management is one of the main environmental concerns nowadays. Landfilling SW is still the main practice to disposal of such material. However, for many regions, suitable places for landfilling are getting scarce. This study proved this situation for a populous place in a southeastern Brazilian region. This study also showed how the decision makers should manage the problem in order to minimize the amount of SW generated and delivered for the landfill. Massive investment in education is a critical issue to reach the proposed aim.

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Municipal solid waste landfill siting using intelligent system

Cited by 127 publications

References 18 publications

Using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination Analysis and Remote Sensing Techniques to Select Optimum Solid Waste Disposal Sites within Mafraq City, Jordan

Using GIS-Based Weighted Linear Combination Analysis and Remote Sensing Techniques to Select Optimum Solid Waste Disposal Sites within Mafraq City, Jordan

Solid Waste management in Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam

Identifying problems for choosing suitable areas for installation of a new landfill through GIS technology: A case study

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