ASSESSING THE SUITABILITY OF BEACH SAND FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Dailesi Abdul-Aziz Gulani
2025
Mr Timothy Shaba
GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFICTION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE SUTABILITY USING GIS MULTI CRITERIA DATA ANALYSIS IN LILONGWE
Level of study
Undergraduate
Program of study
BSc Earth Sciences (Geology)
Department
Earth Sciences
Graduation Year
2022
Supervisor
Dr Mzee Nyirongo
Date added
21 October 2026
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Abstract
Solid waste management is a serious problem in the urban areas because of industrialization, urbanization and population growth. This is the same case for Lilongwe. The main objective of this study was to select potential areas for suitable solid waste dumping sites for Lilongwe district, which are environmentally suitable. The main data used for this study were digital elevation model …
… (19 more words)Study area
District
Lilongwe
Coordinates
-14.0434, 33.7615
Lilongwe is located in the central Region Malawi and it is the capital city of Malawi, bounded by -13° 58’00”S latitudes and 33° 47ʹ 14” E longitudes. This area is located on a plateau with an average elevation of 1055.83m. (Geogrphic Coordinates of Lilongwe,Malawi, n.d.). Total area of the district is 6159 km2 with average temperature of 32.3°C.
Supervisor
Research themes
Critical Minerals
Mineral Exploration
Evolution Of The Continents
Sustainable Mining
Mineral Economics
Abstract
Solid waste management is a serious problem in the urban areas because of industrialization, urbanization and population growth. This is the same case for Lilongwe. The main objective of this study was to select potential areas for suitable solid waste dumping sites for Lilongwe district, which are environmentally suitable. The main data used for this study were digital elevation model (DEM) with 30 m spatial resolution, Lilongwe shapefiles; river, roads, railway, buildings, protected areas, geology, soil, wetlands and trading.
Research summary
Solid waste management is a serious problem in the urban areas because of industrialization, urbanization and population growth. This is the same case for Lilongwe. The main objective of this study was to select potential areas for suitable solid waste dumping sites for Lilongwe district, which are environmentally suitable. The main data used for this study were digital elevation model (DEM) with 30 m spatial resolution, Lilongwe shapefiles; river, roads, railway, buildings, protected areas, geology, soil, wetlands and trading.
Study area description
Lilongwe is located in the central Region Malawi and it is the capital city of Malawi, bounded by -13° 58’00”S latitudes and 33° 47ʹ 14” E longitudes. This area is located on a plateau with an average elevation of 1055.83m. (Geogrphic Coordinates of Lilongwe,Malawi, n.d.). Total area of the district is 6159 km2 with average temperature of 32.3°C.
Location details
District: Lilongwe
Coordinates: -14.0434, 33.7615
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