Site Selection For New Landfill Using GIS &RS Techniques (Case Study Omdurman Town)

Abstract

The study examined and analyzed the selection of the most appropriate sites for waste dumps in Omdurman. The study used many methods, tools and mechanisms to determine the best location according to the international standards for determining sites that contribute to waste collection and reduce their risks and environmental and social impacts on communities. For the dumpsites in the city of Omdurman and it is as follows the first site is characterized by unique characteristics in terms of area with a total area of ​​170.249691 km, and away from all the residential and agricultural areas and various water sources in the region fit to be N Industrial zone for recycling and recycling of waste site. The second is identical to all the criteria used in selecting the site in terms of location and area, with an area of ​​72.670089 km and far from the agricultural and residential areas, but located in the region of Odaya, the third location of this site meets all the criteria and its advantage is a road transport road with an area of ​​16.80428 km.

The site has a total area of ​​15.904759 km, but it is located in the middle of the agricultural land. The fifth site is identical to all the criteria in the selection of sites, but it is located in the agricultural and residential lands with an area of ​​2.82416 km. Afte[1]r careful analysis and verification of spatial characteristics under a model, A priority of each site separately and the importance of the decision makers. The study recommended the use of geographic information systems in the selection of the best sites of landfills, as this technology has a great role in facilitating the selection of sites, the need to search for an alternative site for the current site of the sites reached by the study to establish a factory for recycling and recycling of waste and benefit.