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Watershed Planning within a Quantitative Scenario Analysis Framework
Published on: July 24, 2016
Siting MSW landfill using weighted linear combination and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology in GIS
Mazaher Moeinaddini1, Nematollah Khorasani, Afshin Danehkar
1Faculty of Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Iran. M_moeinaddini@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Selection of landfill site is a complex process and needs many diverse criteria. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the suitability of the studied site as landfill for MSW in Karaj. Using weighted linear combination (WLC) method and spatial cluster analysis (SCA), suitable sites for allocation of landfill for a 20-year period were identified. For analyzing spatial auto-correlation of the land suitability map layer (LSML), Maron's I was used. Finally, using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP), the most preferred alternative for the landfill siting was identified. Main advantages of AHP are: relative ease of handling multiple criteria, easy to understand and effective handling of both qualitative and quantitative data. As a result, 6% of the study area is suitable for landfill siting and third alternative was identified as the most preferred for siting MSW landfill by AHP. The ranking of alternatives were obtained only by applying the WLC approach showed different results from the AHP. The WLC should be used only for the identification of alternatives and the AHP is used for prioritization. We suggest the employed procedure for other similar regions.
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