Siting Transfer Stations for Municipal Solid Waste Using a Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis

Research Article| May 01, 2011 Siting Transfer Stations for Municipal Solid Waste Using a Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis REZA RAFIEE; REZA RAFIEE 1Department of Fishery, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran 1Corresponding author email: rzarafiee@yahoo.com. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar NEMATOLAH KHORASANI; NEMATOLAH KHORASANI 2Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ABDOLRASSOUL SALMAN MAHINY; ABDOLRASSOUL SALMAN MAHINY 3Department of Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ALI ASGHAR DARVISHSEFAT; ALI ASGHAR DARVISHSEFAT 4Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar AFSHIN DANEKAR; AFSHIN DANEKAR 5Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar SYED E. HASAN SYED E. HASAN 6Center for Applied Environmental Research, Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri–Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information REZA RAFIEE 1Corresponding author email: rzarafiee@yahoo.com. 1Department of Fishery, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran NEMATOLAH KHORASANI 2Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ABDOLRASSOUL SALMAN MAHINY 3Department of Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran ALI ASGHAR DARVISHSEFAT 4Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resource, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran AFSHIN DANEKAR 5Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran SYED E. HASAN 6Center for Applied Environmental Research, Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri–Kansas City, MO 64110-2499 Publisher: Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1558-9161 Print ISSN: 1078-7275 Copyright © 2011 EEGS Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2011) 17 (2): 143–154. https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.17.2.143 Article history First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation REZA RAFIEE, NEMATOLAH KHORASANI, ABDOLRASSOUL SALMAN MAHINY, ALI ASGHAR DARVISHSEFAT, AFSHIN DANEKAR, SYED E. HASAN; Siting Transfer Stations for Municipal Solid Waste Using a Spatial Multi-Criteria Analysis. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience 2011;; 17 (2): 143–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.17.2.143 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyEnvironmental & Engineering Geoscience Search Advanced Search Abstract Population growth and an increase in the quantity of municipal solid waste have made it ever more difficult to locate appropriate sites for waste disposal in urban areas. Transfer stations are used for landfills located far from waste generation centers, but they generate noise, offensive odors, and dirt that give rise to dissatisfaction of neighbors. This study identified suitable waste transfer stations for Mashhad City, Iran. A multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) model for assessing suitability of land for solid waste transfer stations was developed. The criteria for site selection included soils, geology, slope, and distance to residential areas, waste generation centers, streams, faults, and highways. Each of the criteria used in the MCE was standardized with a fuzzy subset, and a linear function was used to rank each criterion. Relative importance of each criterion was calculated using the pairwise comparison method. A weighted linear combination method was used for spatial multi-criteria layer combination. Twelve zones ranked in descending order are proposed for transfer stations. The MCE results also provided a first-cut information layer for a fast environmental impact assessment. The nature of MCE, being repeatable as many times as desired, makes consensus building among stakeholders possible. The results can be used by decision makers for site selection of the waste transfer stations after taking into account other relevant ecological and economic factors. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.