SITE SELECTION TO HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL OF GILANEGHARB TOWNSHIP IN KERMANSHAH PROVINCE, WESTERN IRAN BY USING REMOTE SENSING AND GIS
ARIAPOUR, Ali, MOSLEM HADIDI, MASOUMEH KHAN AHMADI, KHALIL JALILI, JALAL JALALI,
ZAHRASADAT SAYEDZADEH, SEID GHOLAMREZA HOSSEINI, KOLSOUM KARAMI
ABSTRACT. The evaluation of a hazardous waste disposal site is a complicated process because it requires data from diverse social and environmental fields. Each of them has different effects on site selection of hazardous waste landfill. Some factors cause limits to site selection such as; climatic, topographic, land use, edaphic, quakeable, regions under conservation of environment organization and so on. these factors may be cause unsustainable and move hazardous waste to surface and under ground water and also air pollution according to wind aspect, consequently different contaminations. This study was conducted in Gilanegharb town in Kermanshah province west of Iran in 2012 to find best area of landfill of hazardous wastes. Each of the factors valued and weighted based on experts opinions and then evaluated each of the preperated layers in RS and GIS softwares. In the first evaluation of 19 sites, 6 sites were investigated. The results show that asphalt factory site is the best region and then Shahrdary, Tan Kooshk sites are better to landfill of hazardous waste respectively. The reasons for selecting of this regions were far form surface and ground water resources and as a result avoiding to be defiled of ground water. On the other hand, there is no air pollution and malodorous of Ghilangharb town because of wind blow aspect in the region.
Keywords: waste, landfill, water resources, air, soil, RS, GIS, Ghilangharb