Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study
Solid waste is one of the leading environmental problems affecting human lives. Selecting a landfill where waste is disposed of is a complicated issue that related to many factors and regulations. In this study, the optimal sanitary landfill site for An-Najaf city was assessed using the GIS and weig...
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| author | Sabreen L. Kareem Sohaib K. Al-Mamoori Laheab A. Al-Maliki Mohammed Q. Al-Dulaimi Nadhir Al-Ansari |
| author_facet | Sabreen L. Kareem Sohaib K. Al-Mamoori Laheab A. Al-Maliki Mohammed Q. Al-Dulaimi Nadhir Al-Ansari |
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| description | Solid waste is one of the leading environmental problems affecting human lives. Selecting a landfill where waste is disposed of is a complicated issue that related to many factors and regulations. In this study, the optimal sanitary landfill site for An-Najaf city was assessed using the GIS and weight criteria method. Eight appropriate criteria were selected, which are: urban area, rivers, roads, soil types, elevation, wind, slope, and archaeological, historical and religious sites. Moreover, the weighting of the criteria by using experts’ opinion and previous similar literature. The “weighted overlay tool” is then applied to get a map of the significance index for selected landfill sites. Seven suitable sites with an area of 177,762,986 m2 and form 0.62% from the total city area can accommodate the solid waste generated for a period, not less than ten years10 years. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1986e938a34a40b592b5f7cd7d69634f2023-09-03T04:21:27ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Engineering2331-19162021-01-018110.1080/23311916.2020.18631711863171Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case studySabreen L. Kareem0Sohaib K. Al-Mamoori1Laheab A. Al-Maliki2Mohammed Q. Al-Dulaimi3Nadhir Al-Ansari4University of KufaUniversity of KufaUniversity of Al-Qasim GreenAlmanatheraLulea University of Technology Luleå SwedenSolid waste is one of the leading environmental problems affecting human lives. Selecting a landfill where waste is disposed of is a complicated issue that related to many factors and regulations. In this study, the optimal sanitary landfill site for An-Najaf city was assessed using the GIS and weight criteria method. Eight appropriate criteria were selected, which are: urban area, rivers, roads, soil types, elevation, wind, slope, and archaeological, historical and religious sites. Moreover, the weighting of the criteria by using experts’ opinion and previous similar literature. The “weighted overlay tool” is then applied to get a map of the significance index for selected landfill sites. Seven suitable sites with an area of 177,762,986 m2 and form 0.62% from the total city area can accommodate the solid waste generated for a period, not less than ten years10 years.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2020.1863171sanitary landfillsuitabilitygissittingan-najaf city |
| spellingShingle | Sabreen L. Kareem Sohaib K. Al-Mamoori Laheab A. Al-Maliki Mohammed Q. Al-Dulaimi Nadhir Al-Ansari Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study Cogent Engineering sanitary landfill suitability gis sitting an-najaf city |
| title | Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study |
| title_full | Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study |
| title_fullStr | Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study |
| title_short | Optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using GIS technique: Al-Naja city as a case study |
| title_sort | optimum location for landfills landfill site selection using gis technique al naja city as a case study |
| topic | sanitary landfill suitability gis sitting an-najaf city |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2020.1863171 |
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