Landfill site selection using multi-criteria evaluation in the GIS interface: a case study from the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 7499-7513

  El Baba, Moustafa ^a,b   Kayastha, Prabin ^a   De Smedt, Florimond ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Gaza Strip; Geographical information system; Landfill site selection; Multi criteria evaluation

Indexed keywords

GIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDFILL; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SITE SELECTION; SOIL TYPE; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER DEPTH;

GAZA STRIP; KHAN YUNIS; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE; RAFAH;

EID: 84940436994     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1736-9     Document Type: Article

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