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Optimal Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste of Three Municipalities Based on Boolean and Fuzzy Methods: A Case Study in Kermanshah Province, Iran

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  • Seyed Mohsen Mousavi

    (Department of Environmental Planning and Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran)

  • Golnaz Darvishi

    (Department of Environmental Planning and Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran)

  • Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan

    (Department of Environmental Planning and Design, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran)

  • Seyed Amir Naghibi

    (Department of Water Resources Engineering & Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University, SE 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

Abstract

In recent decades, population increase and urban development have led to catastrophic environmental consequences. One of the principal objectives to achieve “sustainable development” is to find suitable landfills. Due to their physical characteristics, which have led to a lack of landfill sites and closeness to water bodies, agricultural fields, and residential areas, the cities of Javanrood, Paveh, and Ravansar were chosen as the necessary research regions. On the other hand, these landfills are unable to accommodate the growing urban population. Therefore, this study attempts to develop a framework for spotting the most suitable sites for landfill construction with these three cities as case studies. For this, 10 important driving factors (9 factors and 1 constraint) in landfill site selection were generated. Second, for the fuzzy membership function, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method was employed for the standardization of criteria and determining the weight of the driving factors. Then, the Boolean, weighted linear combination (WLC) and ordered weighted average (OWA) methods were utilized to spot optimal sites for landfills. Finally, two suitable sites were found for landfills: site (a) was obtained from the WLC, and site (b) was obtained from OWA-low risk some trade-off (LRST) methods. Our results proved the high efficiency of multi-criteria decision-making methodology for landfill site selection.

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  • Seyed Mohsen Mousavi & Golnaz Darvishi & Naghmeh Mobarghaee Dinan & Seyed Amir Naghibi, 2022. "Optimal Landfill Site Selection for Solid Waste of Three Municipalities Based on Boolean and Fuzzy Methods: A Case Study in Kermanshah Province, Iran," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(10), pages 1-19, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:11:y:2022:i:10:p:1779-:d:940651
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    1. Wendi Chen & Jiaxing Gu & Shouzhen Zeng & Xiaoying Xie, 2023. "Solid Waste Landfill Site Assessment Framework Based on Single-Valued Neutrosophic Hybrid Aggregation and Multi-Criteria Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-21, March.
    2. Salis Deris Artikanur & Widiatmaka & Yudi Setiawan & Marimin, 2023. "An Evaluation of Possible Sugarcane Plantations Expansion Areas in Lamongan, East Java, Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(6), pages 1-17, March.
    3. Amir Reza Bakhshi Lomer & Mahdi Rezaeian & Hamid Rezaei & Akbar Lorestani & Naeim Mijani & Mohammadreza Mahdad & Ahmad Raeisi & Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, 2023. "Optimizing Emergency Shelter Selection in Earthquakes Using a Risk-Driven Large Group Decision-Making Support System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-19, February.

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