Optimization of municipal landfill siting in the Red Sea coastal desert using geographic information system, remote sensing and an analytical hierarchy process

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2283-2296

  Abd El Monsef, Hesham ^a  

^a SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

AHP; GIS; Landfill; Red Sea; Remote sensing; Site selection

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; SITE SELECTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; AHP; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PAIRWISE COMPARISON MATRICES; RED SEA; RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES; TOURIST DESTINATIONS;

LAND FILL;

COASTAL ZONE; DESERT; FIELD SURVEY; GIS; LANDFILL; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SITE SELECTION;

EGYPT; RED SEA [(GVR) EGYPT];

EID: 84937514346     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-015-4220-2     Document Type: Article

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