title: Economic aspects of the rehabilitation of the Hiriya landfill.
abstract: The Hiriya landfill, Israel's largest, operated from 1952 to 1998. The landfill, located in the heart of the Dan Region, developed over the years into a major landscape nuisance and environmental hazard. In 1998, the Israeli government decided to close the landfill, and in 2001 rehabilitation activities began at the site, including site investigations, engineering and scientific evaluations, and end-use planning. The purpose of the present research is to perform a cost-benefit analysis of engineering and architectural-landscape rehabilitation projects considered for the site. An engineering rehabilitation project is required for the reduction of environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions, slope instability and leachate formation. An architectural-landscape rehabilitation project would consider improvements to the site to make it suitable for future end uses such as a public park. The findings reveal that reclamation is worthwhile only in the case of architectural-landscape rehabilitation of the landfill, converting it into a public park. Engineering rehabilitation alone was found to be unjustified, but is essential to enable the development of a public park.
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, NRERC, Haifa University, 32000 Haifa, Israel. agofira@tx.technion.ac.il
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ayalon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shani
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D018505:Waste Management / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*