TY  - JOUR
TI  - Multi-Criteria Selection of Suitable Institutional Solid Waste Collection Sites: A Case of KNUST Campus, Kumasi, Ghana
AB  - Solid waste receptacles siting is becoming increasingly difficult due to increase in population and infrastructure development that haslimited available space for waste collection. This study focused on selection of environmentally friendly sites for waste receptacleplacement in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) based on multi-criteria decision analysis in ageographic information system (GIS) environment. ArcGIS software was used in overlaying different thematic maps in order togenerate suitable areas for siting communal containers and small bins. Environmental criteria considered include river bodies,vegetation, road network, buildings, car park and slope. The analytical hierarchy procedure was used to determine the weight of eachcriterion used in finding the suitable sites. The final suitability maps generated showed areas deemed suitable for siting communalcontainers and small bins. Out of the total land area of KNUST (10.35 km2), 0.86 km2 representing 8.31% was suitable for sitingsmall bins. For communal containers, the final suitability map indicated that 1.69 km2 (16.33%) and 0.73 km2 (7.05%) of the totalland area were suitable and most suitable sites respectively. The findings from this study serve as guidance tool for environmentallyfriendly solid waste receptacle siting and good health promotion with efficient land use planning.
AU  - Otchere-Darko, Ebenezer
AU  - Agyei-Gyamfi, Kwame
AU  - Ayaim, Michael
AU  - Alhassan, Sulemana
AU  - Forkuo, Eric Kumah
AU  - Arthur, Evelyn Twumasiwaa
DO  - 10.30897/ijegeo.696335
PY  - 2020
JO  - International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SN  - 2148-9173
SP  - 372
EP  - 380
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/429775
ER  -