title: Municipal Solid Waste Management using Geographical Information System aided methods: a mini review.
abstract: Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is one of the major environmental challenges in developing countries. Many efforts to reduce and recover the wastes have been made, but still land disposal of solid wastes is the most popular one. Finding an environmentally sound landfill site is a challenging task. This paper addresses a mini review on various aspects of MSWM (suitable landfill site selection, route optimization and public acceptance) using the Geographical Information System (GIS) coupled with other tools. The salient features of each of the integrated tools with GIS are discussed in this paper. It is also addressed how GIS can help in optimizing routes for collection of solid wastes from transfer stations to disposal sites to reduce the overall cost of solid waste management. A detailed approach on performing a public acceptance study of a proposed landfill site is presented in this study. The study will help municipal authorities to identify the most effective method of MSWM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India.
authors.forename: Debishree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India sukh_samadder@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Sukha Ranjan
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Samadder
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D014186:Transportation
keywords: Geographical Information System; municipal solid waste management; public acceptance; route optimization; selection of landfill site