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Torabi-Kaveh M, Babazadeh R, Mohammadi SD, et al. Landfill site selection using combination of GIS and fuzzy AHP, a case study: Iranshahr, Iran. Waste Manag Res. 2016;doi: 10.1177/0734242X16633777.
Torabi-Kaveh, M., Babazadeh, R., Mohammadi, S. D., & Zaresefat, M. (2016). Landfill site selection using combination of GIS and fuzzy AHP, a case study: Iranshahr, Iran. Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA, . https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X16633777
Torabi-Kaveh, M, et al. "Landfill site selection using combination of GIS and fuzzy AHP, a case study: Iranshahr, Iran." Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA vol. (2016). doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X16633777
Torabi-Kaveh M, Babazadeh R, Mohammadi SD, Zaresefat M. Landfill site selection using combination of GIS and fuzzy AHP, a case study: Iranshahr, Iran. Waste Manag Res. 2016 Mar 09; doi: 10.1177/0734242X16633777. Epub 2016 Mar 09. PMID: 26961747.
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Waste Manag Res. 2016 Mar 09; doi: 10.1177/0734242X16633777. Epub 2016 Mar 09.

Landfill site selection using combination of GIS and fuzzy AHP, a case study: Iranshahr, Iran.

Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA

M Torabi-Kaveh, R Babazadeh, S D Mohammadi, M Zaresefat

Affiliations

  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran Department of Geology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran [email protected].
  2. Department of Geology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
  3. Department of Earth Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.

PMID: 26961747 DOI: 10.1177/0734242X16633777

Abstract

One of the most important recent challenges in solid waste management throughout the world is site selection of sanitary landfill. Commonly, because of simultaneous effects of social, environmental, and technical parameters on suitability of a landfill site, landfill site selection is a complex process and depends on several criteria and regulations. This study develops a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) process, which combines geographic information system (GIS) analysis with a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP), to determine suitable sites for landfill construction in Iranshahr County, Iran. The GIS was used to calculate and classify selected criteria and FAHP was used to assess the criteria weights based on their effectiveness on selection of potential landfill sites. Finally, a suitability map was prepared by overlay analyses and suitable areas were identified. Four suitability classes within the study area were separated, including high, medium, low, and very low suitability areas, which represented 18%, 15%, 55%, and 12% of the study area, respectively.

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Keywords: GIS; Iran; Iranshahr County; Landfill site selection; fuzzy analytical hierarchy process

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