Landfill site selection by using AHP method (Case studdy Abdanan city)

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

عزت ا... Ghanavati ¹ (ندارد)
Vali Sorkhi ² (ندارد)

Received: 2015-01-12 Accepted : 2015-01-12 Published : 2006-10-23

Keywords: Landfill, Abdanan, applied geomorphology, AHP method,

Abstract :

Landfill is the most important and vital problems in the populous sites spatially in themain and expanding cities. In this research with nine factors such as: geology, lithology, hydrogeology, distance to inhabit and populous area, distance to road, distance tofault, distance to drainage, rain, slope and distance to site produce vast material, weselected the suitable site to landfill for Abdanan city.In this research Analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method was calibrated accordingto the local and zonal factors. The data layers were providing overlaid andprocessed by using GIS, RS in ArcGIS environment. According to the geological, environmentaland economical factors, the map of the best site for landfill was produced.