Hazardous Wastes Landfill Site Selection Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Zanjan Province

Subject Areas : environmental management

Mehdi  Boroumandi ¹ (MSc. Student, Faculty of Geology, Tarbiat Modares University)
Mashalah  Khamehchyian ² (Associated Professor, Faculty of Geology, Tarbiat Modares University.)
Mohammad Reza  Nikoudel ³ (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geology, Tarbiat Modares University)

Received: 2009-06-20 Accepted : 2009-09-16 Published : 2014-12-22

Keywords: Site selection, Hazardous Wastes, Analytical Hierarchy Process (, Zanjan,

Abstract :

Recently, hazardous waste management is a major issue through the world due to increasing ofhazardous wastes in countries. According to numerous industrial units, Zanjan province needs aneffective managing method for hazardous wastes. Landfilling is the most common method used tohazardous waste management. Determining of optimum location with considering minimumenvironmental risks and cost effective methods are the scope of this paper. The used method in thispaper is combination of geographic Information System (GIS) and multiple criteria Analysis (MCA).Because of several influencing parameters in landfill site selection, using MCA is necessary. A twosteps method of landfill site was done, including elimination exclusionary areas and calculationsuitability index. In order to determine weights of effective parameters, Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied. Simple additive weight method was used for determination of suitability indexand evaluation of study area for hazardous waste landfill. Finally regions with high suitability indexwere suggested for hazardous waste landfills in Zanjan province.

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