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Selection of a Landfill Site for Solid Waste Management: An Application of AHP and Spatial Analyst Tool

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Selection of a suitable landfill site for Solid Waste Management (SWM) forms an important component of urban planning. The problem of SWM has assumed significant proportion for the municipal authorities in the wake of rapid industrialization, urbanization and resultant pressure on existing resources. Many criteria such as distance from residential locations, transport connectivity, presence of water-bodies (drains, ponds, rivers etc.) and forests, ground water table and geology are taken into consideration while planning for suitable sites. Spatial Analyst Tool along with Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model is extremely useful in such multicriteria decision making process. The present study, based on these tools/techniques, endeavours to identify a suitable location for landfill site in a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The study identifies six potential sites out of which one has been proposed and recommended as the best suitable site.

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  1. Department of Geography, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Pin-124001

    Sunil Kumar & Mohammad Izhar Hassan

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Kumar, S., Hassan, M.I. Selection of a Landfill Site for Solid Waste Management: An Application of AHP and Spatial Analyst Tool. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 41, 45–56 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-011-0161-8

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