Title
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a Landfill Site Selection in Chachapoyas and Huancas (NW Peru): Modeling in a GIS-RS Environment
Date Issued
01 January 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Universidad Nacional Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza de Amazonas
Publisher(s)
Hindawi Limited
Abstract
The evaluation of suitable landfill sites is a complex process and requires various legislative, technical, social, and environmental criteria. Therefore, this study provides a management tool for identifying suitable sites for landfills through the integrated use of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), geographic information systems (GISs), and remote sensing (RS). Accordingly, fourteen subcriteria were identified and grouped into physical (7), environmental (3), and socioeconomic (4) criteria and were weighed using pairwise comparison matrices (PCMs). The weighted linear combination (WLC) approach of maps allowed us to generate models and submodels of land suitability. From the territory of the districts of Chachapoyas and Huancas, 0.9% (1.71 km2), 71.1% (141.89 km2), 21.0% (41.86 km2), 0.0%, and 7.7% (14.21 km2) have highly suitable, moderately suitable, marginally suitable, unsuitable, and restricted conditions, respectively, for a landfill site. Twelve highly suitable sites were identified, of which three were selected based on their shape and the minimum area required for the operation of the landfill until 2040. In fact, this study proposes a management tool for decision-makers (DMs) that improve the process of selecting landfill sites, supported by engineering and its applications for territorial sustainability.
Volume
2022
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería estructural y municipal Ingeniería ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85124002732
Source
Advances in Civil Engineering
ISSN of the container
16878086
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