Study of Solid Waste Landfill Suitability using Regional Screening Method and AHP in Rasht City
The practice of burying the solid waste under the ground is one of the waste disposal methods and dumping is known as an ultimate method in the fastest-growing cities like Rasht city in Iran. Some municipalities select the solid waste landfills without feasibility studies, programming, design and management plans. Therefore, several social and environmental impacts are created by these sites. In this study, the suitability of solid waste landfill in Rasht city, capital of Gilan Province is reviewed using Regional Screening Method (RSM), Geographic Information System (GIS) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). The results indicated that according to the suitability maps, the value of study site is midsuitable to suitable based on RSM and mid-suitable based on AHP.
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[1] Change, N. B., Parrathinathan, G, Breeden, J. B., (2007), ''Sitting GIS
with fuzzy multicriteria decision-making for landfill sitting in a fastgrowing
urban region''. Journal of Environmental Management.
[2] Bali, J. M., (2004)''. Aspects of landfill site selection.'' Proceedings of
the Institute of Waste Management. S. A. Waste Con 2004. Sun City,
Northern Province. S. A.
[3] Municipality of Whitestone (2001), ''Environmental screening report
Dunchrch landfill site expansion'', AEC 08-124. Azimuth
Environmental Consulting, Inc. USA.
[4] Motakan, A.A. et al. (2008), "Site selection of suitable areas for solid
waste landfill using GIS (case study: Tabriz city), Environmental
Science Journal, sixth year, No. 2, winter
[5] Siddiqui, M. Z., Everett, J. W., and Vieux, B. E., (1996). ''Landfill
sitting using GIS System: a demonstration''. Journal of Environmental
Engineering. ASCW, 122 (6).
[6] Anzi, I., Inanc, B., Nassir Hassan, M., (2004),"overview of waste
disposal and landfills/damps in Asian countries". J. Mater Cycles Waste
Manag.
[7] Cointreau-Levine, S., (1999)'' Sanitary landfill design and sitting
criteria:, annex A, terms of reference for sitting study for new sanitary
landfill, SBMA.
[8] Leao, S., Bishop, I., and Evans, D., (2001). ''Assessing the demand of
solid disposal in urban region by urban modeling in GIS environment''.
Journal of Resource Conservation and Recycling.
[9] Al-Jarrah, A., and Abu-Qdnis, H.,(2005). ''Municipal solid waste
landfill using Intelligent system''. Waste Management, VOl. 26. Issue 3.
[10] Habibi, K. (2006), "Site selection of landfills for urban solid waste
using combination of fuzzy logic and Analytical Hierarchy Process in
GIS", Environment and Urban Sustainable Development, Mazandaran
University.
[11] Goodarzi, A., (2010). "Strategic design of solid waste management for
Rasht city", MSc. Thesis in Executive Management, Payame Noor
University of Tehran.
[12] Ghanbari, F., (2007), "To review the changes trend in solid waste
landfill of Rasht city within a decade (1997-2007)", Master Degree
Thesis in Environmental Management, Ahwaz Science and Research
Branch, Islamic Azad University.
[13] Iran Meteorological Organization,(2010), “Climatology of Gilan”,
Tehran.
[14] Gilan Regional Water Organization, (2009), Statistics of Gilan rivers”,
Rasht
[15] Gilan Geological Organization, (2010), Geology and Land-use of Gilan
Province”, Rasht.
[16] Sangari, K., (2009), “Environmental evaluation of waste landfill in
Rasht city”, MSc. Thesis, Ahwaz Science and Researches Unit, Islamic
Azad University
[17] Monavari, S.M. (1999), “To evaluate the application of environmental
standards in site selection of disposal areas in Iran humid areas”,
Research and Science Unit, Islamic Azad University.
[18] Ghodsipur, S., (2005), “Analytic Hierarchy Process”, Amirkabir
University Press.
[19] Abessi, O., and Saerdi, M., (2010) ''Hazardous waste landfill-sitting
using GIS technique and Analytical Hierarchy Process'. Environment
Asian, Vol.3 No.2.
[20] Zebardast, E., (2001), “Application of Analytical Hierarchy Process in
urban and regional planning”, Scientific-Research Journal of Beautiful
Arts, No. 10.
[21] Gemitzia, A., Vassolios, A.T., Christous, O. and Petalash, C., (2007),
“Use of GIS in sitting stabilization pond facilities for domestic water
treatment”, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 82, Issue 2.
[22] Purdy, S., and Sabugal, F., (2001). “Site selection study for a new
sanitary landfill for the Subic city metropolitan authority, Olongapo,
Pillippines”. Proceeding of Sardina, International Waste Management
and Landfill Symposium, CISA, Cagliari, Italy.
[23] Gemitzi, A., Tsihrintzis, V.A., Voudrias, E., Petals, C., Stravodimos, G.,
(2007). “Combining geographic information system, multi criteria
evaluation techniques and fuzzy logic in sitting MSW landfills, Environ
Geol., 51.
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