Selection of a Landfill Site for Solid Waste Management: An Application of AHP and Spatial Analyst Tool

Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-56

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Hassan, Mohammad Izhar ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process model; Solid waste management; Spatial analyst tool

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDFILL; SOLID WASTE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84874932362     PISSN: 0255660X     EISSN: 09743006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12524-011-0161-8     Document Type: Article

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