Applications of remote sensing and gis for disaster management by dr. To analyze suitable areas according to the criteria selected for solid waste disposal in bahir dar town. Authors are researched over integrated solid waste management using remote sensing and gis approaches in city areas. Preliminary investigation can be considered as aiding tools to the traditional and detailed investigation procedures. Benefits from gis based modelling for municipal solid. Identification of suitable site for landfill construct ion. It includes the methodology adopted in the paper and a conceptual model which demonstrates the flow of the methodology of the thesis. Pdf solid waste management is the one of the major problem faced by. Applications of gis in municipal solid waste management. Roy indian institute of remote sensing nrsa dehra dun abstract. Apr 27, 2010 remote sensing and gis in environment management ignou sos.
Feb 03, 2014 the present study would deal with, how geographical information system gis and remote sensing techniques can be used as a decision support tool for planning waste management. Integrated solid waste management using remote sensing and gis approaches in city areas. Remote sensing and geographical information system gis dr. Associate professor, aditi mahavidyalaya, university of delhi. Remote sensing and gis applications for municipal waste management. Using gis and rs techniques in the environmental assessment give a quick and low cost technique. May 10, 2016 to this end, many environmental, social and economic requirements have to be met. Methodology study area geographically, the study area is located. Remote sensing and geographic information systems for design and operation of water resources systems proceedings of rabat symposium s3, april 1997. Use of these techniques in solid waste management supports in. Remote sensing and gis in environment management youtube. Remote sensing and gis applications for water resources. This increasing wave of technological advancement in recent times has influenced all aspects of human endeavor including the generation, disposal and overall management of waste in the environment. Using gis in solid waste management planning a case study.
For the city of mohammedia, which is the subject of this study, the choice of the landfill site was performed using multicriteria decision analysis mda, a geographic information system gis, and remote sensing. Gis, remote sensing, solid waste management, multicriteria, weightage overlay analysis, srtm. Environmental science 1department of geography and environmental studies, jigjiga university, ethiopia 2 department of chemistry, jigjiga university, ethiopia abstract municipal solid waste management is a problem that is. Solid waste site suitability analysis using gis and remote. In 1985, the national remote sensing agency nrsa prepared wasteland maps of all the indian states using landsat mss data. Ahmed and others published solid waste management planning using gis and remote sensing technologies case study aurangabad city, india find, read and cite all. Integrated solid waste management using remote sensing and. Site suitability analysis for solid waste landfill site. Solid waste dumping site suitability analysis using. Introduction solid waste comprises unwanted and discarded materials from houses, street sweeping, commercial and industrial operations. To investigate suitable sites for solid waste disposal using remote sensing and gis techniques in bahir dar town. A remote sensing and gisassisted spatial decision support system for hazardous waste site monitoringwas developed to improve hazardous waste site management.
Application of remote sensing and gis in solid waste. The role of remote sensing and gis in wasteland management in. Application of gis and remote sensing technologies in. Identification of suitable site for urban solid waste. Municipal solid waste management mswm is one of the major. Gis and remote sensing for natural resource mapping and. This required wasteland classification and detailed mapping. Oct 15, 2012 all through this time, remote sensing and gis technologies have always generated informative data that have led to the sustainable management. In order to alleviate these problems, integrating gis and remote sensing techniques to select the best possible solid wastes dumping is a recent essential technology. Objectives 7 general objectives to investigate suitable sites for solid waste disposal using remote sensing and gis techniques in bahir dar town. Solid waste management can be bifurcated into two phases.
Applications of remote sensing and gis in solid waste. Disposal sites and transport route selection using. Uncontrolled momentum of urbanization, industrialization and modernization lead to the generation of solid waste basagaoglu et al. Solid waste management planning using gis and remote sensing. Geographic information system gis and remote sensing are such computerized systems that can be integrated to get optimal solutions for efficient and effective solid waste management planning. Solid waste management forms an integral part of most town management. African journal of environmental science and technology, 711, 976989. The selection of solid waste disposal sites using gis and remote sensing requires many factors that should be integrated into one system for proper analysis. Municipal solid waste management using geographical information. Introduction effective solid waste management is a major challenge facing most african developing countries mainly due to lack of good governance, planning and inadequate technology. Most urban areas in the country are plagued by acute.
It is only in the recent couple of decades that different kind of remote sensing techniques have been commercialized and used widely. Chapter 1 of this report offers an introduction to the solid waste management and the contribution of gis in it. Geographical information system gis, remote sensing, landfill, multicriteria decision analysis mcda, analytical hierarchy process ahp 1. Benefits from gis based modelling for municipal solid waste. The national wastelands development board nwdb was set up to rehabilitate wasteland for fuelwood and fodder production. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal and management of solid waste. Study area covers some parts of three big cites agra, mathura, firozabad figure 1. With the materialization of new techniques such as remote sensing and gis, regional waste management studies have become easier during the last few decades. Nowadays the field of remote sensing and gis has become exciting and glamorous with rapidly expanding opportunities. Municipal solid waste management using gis application in. Using aerial photography and satellite image obtained through remote sensing, it is possible to gather information covering wide geographic areas. Specific objectives to identify important criteria for locating a solid waste disposal site in bahir dar town. Town using gis and remote sensing techniques, ethiopia genemo berisam.
The availability of synoptic, repetitive and high resolution imageries from remote sensing satellites had revolutionised the concept of urban planning and management. With the devolution of government operations, there is crucial need to strategize on suitability of dumping sites in each county, especially due to the high urbanization. Adiga director, nnrmsrrssc, isro hqs, bangalore nationwide land useland cover mapping using indian remote sensing satellite dataa digital mapping approach agricultural land use is an expression of the interplay between the bioclimatic and. Many organizations spend large amounts of money on these fields. In order to support decision making for planning and management of land use, natural resources, environment, transportation, urban facilities, and other administrative records. Gis based weighted linear combination analysis and remote sensing. Facilities management using remote sensing data in a gis. Geographic information system gis is used to input, store, retrieve, manipulate, analyze and output geographically referenced data. The primary objective of this research involves mapping out and validating the existence of sub surface drainage tiles in a given cropland using remote sensing and gis methodologies. Gis, remote sensing, industrial waste, land use monitoring 1.
The broad objective of the project is to find a suitable site for solid waste disposal. The role of gis is very large as many aspects of its planning and operations are. Introduction solid waste is unwanted materials generated from combined residential, industrial and commercial activities in a given area. To this end, many environmental, social and economic requirements have to be met. Determination of suitable landfill site using geospatial. It is a tool that allows users to analyse spatial information. Gis and remote sensing have played an essential role in waste management but i think there is more room for improvement. Gis and remote sensing requires many factors that should be integrated into one system for proper analysis. Remote sensing and geographic information systems 595 updated and specific selections of data can be displayed or printed as a conventional map. It is recursivebecause the system is implemented iteratively. Remote sensing and gis can be used separately or in combination with hydrological models whereas selected hydrological modelling can be done within the gis. Geographic information system gis and remote sensing are such computerized systems which can be integrated to get optimal solutions for sustainable management and planning of solid waste. This technique is used to registration and transformation was done to convert the. The raster images were openeda geographic information system gis is a computer tool for capturing, storing, querying, analyzing and displaying spatial data from the real world for a particular set of purposes.
Gis techniques, waste landfills suitability, prahova county, romania. African journal of environmental science and technology. Remote sensing and geographic information systems gis are among the many useful means for gathering and analyzing such information. All through this time, remote sensing and gis technologies have always generated informative data that have led to the sustainable management. Remote sensing and geographical information system gis. Aim and objectives the study aimed at understanding the current problems of waste disposal in virudhunagar municipality and suggest best possible site for waste disposal using gis and remote sensing techniques. More research need to go into the use of gis to estimate amount of waste generated and their categories. Pdf application of gis in solid waste management for coimbatore.
The present study would deal with, how geographical information system gis and remote sensing techniques can be used as a decision support tool for planning waste management. Site suitability analysis using remote sensing and gis for. Solid waste management planning using gis and remote. Use of remote sensing data in a gis environment for water. The aim of this paper is to analyse the extent to which gis is being used in waste management by the local authorities in mauritius, to identify barriers to proper use of gis in solid waste management and to assess to what extent gis affects sustainable waste management as a decision support tool in planning waste collection, recycling, waste.
Integrated solid waste management using remote sensing. The role of gis is very large as many aspects of its. A number of studies have been carried out to map landusecover in urban areas and to monitor urban growth and sprawl. The abandonment of agricultural activity affects very negatively the state of the terraces. On the one hand, gis is a system that helps to capture, store, analyze, manage, and present data that are linked to locations. Landsat thematic mapper and indian satellite lissii. Manual methods adopted for analysis of many factors at a time. Remote sensing remote sensing is the science and art of obtaining information about an object, area or phenomenon through the analysis of data acquired by a device that is not in physical contact with the object, area or phenomenon under investigation. A case study of surroundings of river yamuna, india. Karsauliya and others published application of remote sensing and gis in solid waste management.
Application of gis and remote sensing technologies in solid. Landfill site selection using gis, remote sensing and. Management using gis and remote sensing the main causes of deterioration of the mountainous landscape characterised by the dry stone terraces see figures 5 and 6 are. Remote sensing obtain data via multispectral images, lidarand aerial photosvideos. With the devolution of government operations, there is crucial need to strategize on suitability of dumping sites in. Remote sensing and gis in environment management ignou sos. Introduction waste management has become a global problem, due to accelerated process of. Application of remote sensing and gis in solid waste management. Municipal solid waste disposal site selection of jigjiga town. Gis and remote sensing for natural resource mapping and management 6 soils the soil is mapped using remote sensing satellite data irs p6 liss iv. The system was designed to be recursive, flexibleintegrative, and. International journal of advanced remote sensing and gis 770 1.
Site suitability for urban solid waste disposal using. Article information, pdf download for municipal solid waste management using. Benefits of using gis in waste management environmental. Using gis in solid waste management planning a case study for. Urban waste management has been a major urban waste management has been a major problem in most kenyan cities therefore a need for a comprehensive study utilizing remote sensing and gis technology. Sultanpur india abstract landfill site is the site for the disposal of waste. Spatial integration of waste management data in urban. A remote sensing and gis assisted spatial decision support system for hazardous waste site monitoringwas developed to improve hazardous waste site management. Solid waste dumping site suitability analysis using geographic information system gis and remote sensing for bahir dar town, north western ethiopia. Application of remote sensing and gis in solid waste management 595 2.
Use of these techniques in solid waste management supports in capturing, handling, and transmitting the required information in a prompt and proper manner. One is the waste management in the area where it is generated and second is the management of waste at dump sites. Remote sensing and gis applications for municipal waste. Study area study area is located in the western part of uttar pradesh state which is the surroundings of yamuna river. Application of gis and remote sensing in solid waste. Source of information the greater visakhapatnam municipal corporation ward boundary map from town planning department of gvmc. On these grounds therefore, this article will focus on how remote sensing and gis is used to generate data and how this information is used in the decision making process to achieve sustainable.
The soils of the study area were classified upto series level and their associations level as per the keys to soil taxonomy soil survey staff, 2003. A remote sensing and gisassisted spatial decision support. Identification of suitable site for landfill construct ion using remote sensing and gis r uchin a gr awal 1, gaurav srivastava 2 1assitent p rofessor k. The role of remote sensing and gis in wasteland management. Municipal solid waste disposal site selection of jigjiga. Solid waste dumping site suitability analysis using geographic. Schultz institute of hydrology, water resources and environmental technology. Mar 12, 2016 geographic information system gis is used to input, store, retrieve, manipulate, analyze and output geographically referenced data. Pdf integrated solid waste management using remote. Remote sensing and gis techniques for monitoring industrial.
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