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GIS as Decision Support Tool for Landfills Siting
Gaim James Lunkapis
School of Social Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Locked Bed 2073
88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Malaysia
Tel: +60-88-320000 ext 1832
Fex: +60-88-320242
Email: gaim@ums.edu.my
Web: www.ums.edu.my
Abstract
Geographical Information System (GIS) can aid decision
makers to make the right and reliable choice in order to locate a specific site
such as selecting the best possible site for sanitary landfills. The analytical
techniques presented in this research will be valuable and useful tools for
professionals such as engineers, town planners and others to properly zone an
area for a specific use. Specific criteria contained under the Landfills Siting
Guidelines prepared by the Department of Environment, Malaysia have been
used as a guide to determine the best site location. These criteria were then
analyzed using Constraint Mapping Technique to evaluate and to seek
potential locations of sanitary landfills. When potential sites were found in
several locations, appropriate ranking techniques were then applied to decide
the best choices produce by GIS (Geographic Information System). This
particular research used Sandakan District, Sabah as the study area and in
the process has identified 6 Potential Search Areas for sanitary landfills sites.
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