Siting MSW landfills by combining AHP with GIS in Hamedan province, western Iran

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1823-1840

  Ghobadi, M H ^a   Babazadeh, R ^a   Bagheri, V ^b  

^a BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

AHP; GIS; Hamedan province; Landfill; Site selection

Indexed keywords

AHP; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; HAMEDAN PROVINCE; LANDFILL SITE SELECTION; MSW LANDFILLS; OVERLAY ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS;

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; SITE SELECTION;

LAND FILL;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; AQUIFER; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND USE; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SITE SELECTION; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DATA; SURFACE WATER;

HAMADAN; IRAN;

EID: 84884901676     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-013-2271-9     Document Type: Article

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