GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFICTION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE SUTABILITY USING GIS MULTI CRITERIA DATA ANALYSIS IN LILONGWE
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.