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Landfill Site Suitability Assessment by Means of Geographic Information System Analysis Publisher



Yazdani M1 ; Monavari SM1 ; Omrani GA2 ; Shariat M1 ; Hosseini SM3
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  1. 1. Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Environment and Energy, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

Source: Solid Earth Published:2015


Abstract

Open dumping is the common procedure for final disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Iran. Several environmental pollution and soil degradation problems were found as a consequence of poor planning of landfills. So recognition of the MSW landfill state is required to prevent environmental problems. The objective of this research was to study the suitability of existing municipal landfill sites using geographic information system methods. Tonekabon city in the west area of Mazandaran province, northern Iran, along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, was chosen as a case study. In order to carry out this evaluation, two guidelines were used: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and regional screening guidelines. The results indicate that the landfills were not located in suitable sites and also that there are few suitable locations to install the landfills. © Author(s) 2015.
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