Landfill site selection using GIS, remote sensing and multicriteria decision analysis: case of the city of Mohammedia, Morocco

In Morocco, as in most developing countries, landfill is still the only solution for the disposal of municipal solid waste. Choosing the appropriate site for waste elimination is a very complex process that depends on several criteria and regulations. To this end, many environmental, social and econ...

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Published inBulletin of engineering geology and the environment Vol. 75; no. 3; pp. 1301 - 1309
Main Authors El Maguiri, Abdelhakim, Kissi, Benaissa, Idrissi, Laila, Souabi, Salah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2016
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Criteria
Decision analysis
Developing countries
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Economics
Environmental protection
Foundations
Geoecology/Natural Processes
Geoengineering
Geographic information systems
Geological engineering
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydraulics
International organizations
Land use
Landfills
LDCs
Nature Conservation
Original Paper
Planning
Remote sensing
Satellite navigation systems
Site selection
Wastes
Morocco
United States > US
GIS
Multi-criteria
Solid waste
Landfill siting
Mohammedia
Site selection
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Summary:In Morocco, as in most developing countries, landfill is still the only solution for the disposal of municipal solid waste. Choosing the appropriate site for waste elimination is a very complex process that depends on several criteria and regulations. To this end, many environmental, social and economic requirements have to be met. For the city of Mohammedia, which is the subject of this study, the choice of the landfill site was performed using multi-criteria decision analysis (MDA), a geographic information system (GIS), and remote sensing. Several criteria were discussed, such as waste production, distance from houses, surface and ground water, land use, slope of land, transport network, etc. A final map was produced by overlaying the criteria map layers, which enabled us to propose three potential sites for the establishment of the landfill. Our study also showed the need to rehabilitate the current landfill site, which represents a major nuisance in terms of air, water and soil pollution, and affects the health of city residents.
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ISSN:1435-9529
1435-9537
DOI:10.1007/s10064-016-0889-z