Using Geological and Topographic Maps in Site Selection of Solid Waste Disposal

• Ali i. Eliawa

  Department of Geology, Azzaytuna University, Trhona, Libya

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Currently, land shortage for solid waste in most urban areas is a significant and growing potential problem. Although some efforts are made to decrease and recover the waste, landfill is still the most common process for waste disposal. Site selection of solid waste dumping in urban areas is a serious subject because of its huge effect on the economy, ecology, and environmental health. Consequently, several criteria must be created because of the difficulty of the parameters to select the process for combination in social, environmental and technical parameters. In this research, the most appropriate sites for locating dumping garbage are determined using the Geographical Information System (GIS) by implementing both methods Boolean logic model and Index overlay model.  Based on several objectives, a provided spatial data set consisting of several maps in the form of layers, such as land use, geological distribution, landslides, etc., were used in the modeling process to choose the best site to dump the garbage of Chinchina city that used as a case in this application. The findings show that the Boolean logic model identified only two areas that met the criteria, whereas the Index overlay model identified three important classes through weight; unsuitable, moderate and suitable regions for construction waste disposal. 

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