Conclusions
Selection of a suitable site for new landfills according to environmental
regulations, and economical and technical issues is one of
the most challenging issues in developing countries, including
Mahshahr County in Iran. In order to consider all factors and regulations,
we used a combination of GIS and AHP to solve this complicated
problem. The main criteria were chosen considering the
very important in finalizing selected sites, although it is not possible
to check them by GIS or other available software programs.
The final selected site requires further geotechnical and hydrogeological
analyses to obtain design requirements
(Figure 4).