Mcda-gis integrated approach for optimized landfill site selection for growing urban regions: An application of neighborhood-proximity analysis

Annals of GIS

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-62

  Ouma, Yashon O ^a,b   Kipkorir, Emmanuel C ^b   Tateishi, Ryutaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Landfill siting; Multi criteria decision analysis; Municipal solid waste management; Neighborhood proximity analysis; Spatial analysis; Spatial decision support system

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDFILL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ELDORET; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY;

EID: 79953293381     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2011.558021     Document Type: Article

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