Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

MSW landfill site selection by combining AHP with GIS for Konya, Turkey

  • Original Article
  • Published:
Environmental Earth Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Landfill site selection is a critical issue in the urban planning process because of its enormous impact on the economy, ecology, and the environmental health of the region. Landfill site selection process aims to locate the areas that will minimize hazards to the environment and public health. Multi-criteria evaluation methods are often used for different site selection studies. The purpose of this study was to determine suitable landfill site selection by using the geographical information system and the analytic hierarchy process in the study area. The final index model was grouped into four categories as “low suitable”, “moderate”, “suitable” and “best suitable” with an equal interval classification method. As a result, 12.69 % of the study area was low suitable, 7.27 % was moderately suitable, 13.79 % was suitable, and 15.52 % was the best suitable for landfilling; 50.72 % of the study area is not suitable for a landfilling.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Carrión JA, Estrella AE, Dols FA, Torob MZ, Rodríguez M, Ridao AR (2008) Environmental decision-support systems for evaluating the carrying capacity of land areas: optimal siteselection for grid-connected photovoltaic power plants. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 12(9):2358–2380

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Cay T, Uyan M (2013) Evaluation of reallocation criteria in land consolidation studies using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Land Use Policy 30:541–548

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chakraborty S, Banik D (2006) Design of a material handling equipment selection model using analytic hierarchy process. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 28:1237–1245

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chang NB, Parvathinathan G, Breeden JB (2008) Combining GIS with fuzzy multicriteria decision-making for landfill siting in a fast-growing urban region. J Environ Manag 87:139–153

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Donevska KR, Gorsevski PV, Jovanovski M, Pesevski I (2012) Regional non-hazardous landfill site selection by integrating fuzzy logic. AHP and geographic information systems. Environ Earth Sci 67:121–131

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Eastman JR, Weigen J, Kyem PAK, Toledano J (1995) Raster procedures for multi-criteria/multi-objective decisions. Photogramm Eng Remote Sens 61(5):539–547

    Google Scholar 

  • Eskandari M, Homaee M, Mahmodi S (2012) An integrated multi criteria approach for landfill siting in a conflicting environmental, economical and socio-cultural area. Waste Manag (Oxford) 32:1528–1538

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farzanmanesh A, Naeeni AG, Abdullah AM (2010) Parking site selection management using fuzzy logic and multi criteria decision making. Environ Asia 3:109–116

    Google Scholar 

  • Goorah S, Esmyot M, Boojhawon R (2009) The health impact of nonhazardous solid waste disposal in a community: the case of the Mare Chicose landfill in Mauritius. J Environ Health 72:48–54

    Google Scholar 

  • Gorsevski PV, Donevska KR, Mitrovski CD, Frizado JP (2012) Integrating multi-criteria evaluation techniques with geographic information systems for landfill site selection: a case study using ordered weighted average. Waste Manag 32:287–296

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Guiqin W, Li Q, Guoxue L, Lijun C (2009) Landfill site selection using spatial information technologies and AHP: a case study in Beijing, China. J Environ Manag 90:2414–2421

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Jankowski P (1995) Integrating geographical information systems and multiple criteria decision-making methods. Int J Geogr Inform Syst 9:251–273

    Google Scholar 

  • Kontos TD, Komilis DP, Halvadakis CP (2005) Siting MSW landfills with a spatial multiple criteria analysis methodology. Waste Manag (Oxford) 25:818–832

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Korucu MK, Erdagi B (2012) A criticism of applications with multi-criteria decision analysis that are used for the site selection for the disposal of municipal solid wastes. Waste Manag (in press)

  • Kurttila M, Pesonen M, Kangas J, Kajanus M (2000) Utilizing the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in SWOT analysis—a hybrid method and its application to a forest-certification case. For Policy Econ 1(1):41–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Longdill PC, Healy TR, Black KP (2008) An integrated GIS approach for sustainable aquaculture management area site selection. Ocean Coast Manag 51(8–9):612–624

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moeinaddini M, Khorasani N, Danehkar A, Darvishsefat AA, Zienalyan M (2010) Siting MSW landfill using weighted linear combination and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methodology in GIS environment (case study: Karaj). Waste Manag (Oxford) 30:912–920

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Murphy S (2003) Development and assessment of a spatial decision support system for conservation planning. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Maine, USA

  • Pérez OM, Ross LG, Telfer TC, Barquin LMC (2003) Water quality requirements for marine fish cage siteselection in Tenerife (Canary Islands): predictive modelling and analysis using GIS. Aquaculture 224(1–4):51–68

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Saaty TL (1980) The analytic hierarchy process. McGraw-Hill, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Sener S, Sener E, Nas B, Karaguzel R (2010) Combining AHP with GIS for landfill site selection: a case study in the Lake Beysehir catchment area (Konya, Turkey). Waste Manag (Oxford) 30:2037–2046

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Siddiqui M, Everett JM, Vieux BE (1996) Landfill siting using geographic information systems: a demonstration. J Environ Eng 122:515–523

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sumathi VR, Natesan U, Sarkar C (2008) GIS-based approach for optimized siting of municipal solid waste landfill. Waste Manag (Oxford) 28:2146–2160

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • TURKSTAT (2008) Turkish statistical institute, environmental statistics/solid waste statistics of municipalities. http://www.turkstat.gov.tr. Accessed 26 November 2012

  • Vaidya OS, Kumar S (2006) Analytic hierarchy process: an overview of applications. Eur J Oper Res 169(1):1–29

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wu F (1998) SimLand: a prototype to simulate land conversion through the integrated GIS and CA with AHP-derived transition rules. Int J Geogr Inform Sci 12(1):63–82

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yılmaz E (1999) Analitik hiyerarşi süreci kullanarak çok kriterli karar verme problemlerinin çözümü. T.C. Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı, Doğu Akdeniz Ormancılık Araştırma Enstitüsü, DOA Dergisi, Yayın No. 127, DOA Yayın No. 16. ISSN 1300-8544, 95–122, Mersin (in Turkish)

  • Zamorano M, Molero E, Hurtado A, Grindlay A, Ramos A (2008) Evaluation of a municipal landfill site in southern Spain with GIS-aided methodology. J Hazard Mater 160:473–481

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Zou X, Li D (2008) A multidisciplinary GIS-based approach for the potential evaluation of land consolidation projects: a model and its application. In: 7th WSEAS International conference on applied computer and applied computational science, China, pp 551–556

  • Zucca A, Sharifi AM, Fabbri AG (2008) Application of spatial multi-criteria analysis to siteselection for a local park: a case study in the Bergamo Province, Italy. J Environ Manag 88(4):752–769

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Directorate of Construction and Technical Works, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Mevlut Uyan

Authors
  1. Mevlut Uyan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Mevlut Uyan.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Uyan, M. MSW landfill site selection by combining AHP with GIS for Konya, Turkey. Environ Earth Sci 71, 1629–1639 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2567-9

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2567-9

Keywords

Search

Navigation