Site selection of sanitary landfills on the small island of Mauritius using the analytical hierarchy process multi-criteria method

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-447

  Ramjeawon, T ^a   Beerachee, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Landfill site selection; Multi criteria analysis; Municipal solid waste; Sanitary landfill; Small island; wmr 1129 1

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; LANDFILL SITE SELECTION; MULTI-CRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SANITARY LANDFILL; SMALL ISLAND; WMR 1129-1;

DECISION THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; KETONES; LAND FILL; LOCATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SANITATION; SITE SELECTION; SOLID WASTES; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LANDFILL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SANITATION; SITE SELECTION; STAKEHOLDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHY; LANDFILL; MAURITIUS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MAURITIUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SANITARY ENGINEERING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MASCARENE ISLANDS; MAURITIUS;

EID: 54049127383     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07080758     Document Type: Article

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