Application of GIS/AHP in siting sanitary landfill: A case study in Northern Cyprus

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 966-980

  Kara, Can ^a   Doratli, Naciye ^a  

^a EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; centre of gravity; geographic information systems; landfill site selection; simple additive weights

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CENTRE OF GRAVITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMPORTANCE WEIGHTS; LANDFILL SITE; LANDFILL SITE SELECTION; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; POTENTIAL SITES; SECOND GROUP; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTS; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STONE QUARRIES; VEGETATION TYPE; WASTE GENERATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SITE SELECTION;

LAND FILL;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

GIS; LANDFILL; PERMEABILITY; SANITATION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CYPRUS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDFILL; MULTI CRITERIA EVALUATION METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS;

CYPRUS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOLID WASTE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CYPRUS; NORTHERN CYPRUS;

EID: 84865202941     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X12453975     Document Type: Article

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