title: Multi-criteria GIS-based siting of transfer station for municipal solid waste: The case of Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana.
abstract: The increase in the quantity of municipal solid waste generated as a result of population growth in most urban areas has resulted in the difficulty of locating suitable land areas to be used as landfills. To curb this, waste transfer stations are used. The Kumasi Metropolitan Area, even though it has an engineered landfill, is faced with the problem of waste collection from the generation centres to the final disposal site. Thus in this study, multi-criteria decision analysis incorporated into a geographic information system was used to determine potential waste transfer station sites. The key result established 11 sites located within six different sub-metros. This result can be used by decision makers for site selection of the waste transfer stations after taking into account other relevant ecological and economic factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosompem
authors.affiliation: Environmental and Safety Engineering Department, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana estemn@umat.edu.gh.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stemn
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fei-Baffoe
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D005869:Ghana; D006801:Humans; D011156:Population Density; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*; D064091:Waste Disposal Facilities
keywords: GIS; Municipal solid waste; multi-criteria decision analysis; selection criteria; waste management system; waste transfer station