Keywords
vector data
landfill site selection
multicriteria analysis
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Abstract
Appropriate landfill site selection for disposal of solid waste is a very complicated assignment, as it needs multicriteria analysis of various parameters. In this study, we have used QGIS for identification of alternative landfill site in Gurugram district, a satellite city of New Delhi. Various criteria are analysed for selecting the landfill sites. Weight and rank are assigned to the criterion such as road networks, presence of water bodies, residential locations, and depth of the underground water table by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Five possible landfill sites have been identified for solid waste disposal based upon the AHP method analysis and overlay analysis in GIS tool in Gurugram district. The methodology used in this paper is very efficient for performing multicriteria analysis and can be generalised for selecting landfill sites in other areas with similar demographics.
Funding
The authors express their thanks to the generous person, Mr. Khuspal Dahiya, President, SGSD, for providing the spatial data of the road network, boundary map and census data 2011. They are thankful to the staff of Gurujal office for providing underground water table data and water body quality data. The authors express their thanks to Mr. Rakesh Sheoran for his invaluable support in reviewing of this research paper. They also acknowledge the other sources like the official websites of administration and anonymous sources whose information and data remained helpful to them for performing the present study.
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