{"title":"Study of Solid Waste Landfill Suitability using Regional Screening Method and AHP in Rasht City","authors":"S. M. Monavari, P. Hoasami, S. Tajziehchi, N. Khorramichokami.","volume":62,"journal":"International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering","pagesStart":97,"pagesEnd":103,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/8894","abstract":"
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.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] Change, N. B., Parrathinathan, G, Breeden, J. B., (2007), ''Sitting GIS\r\nwith fuzzy multicriteria decision-making for landfill sitting in a fastgrowing\r\nurban region''. 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