Integrating fuzzy-AHP and GIS for solid waste disposal site selection in Kenitra province, NW Morocco.
Mohamed Aghad, Mohamed Manaouch, Mohamed Sadiki, Quoc Bao Pham, Jamal Al Karkouri
Author Information
Mohamed Aghad: Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Scineces and Humanities, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
Mohamed Manaouch: Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Scineces and Humanities, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco. mohamed.manaouch@uit.ac.ma. ORCID
Mohamed Sadiki: Geosciences Laboratory, Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
Quoc Bao Pham: Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, B��dzi��ska Street 60, 41-200, Sosnowiec, Poland.
Jamal Al Karkouri: Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Scineces and Humanities, Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.
Selecting an optimal solid waste disposal site is one of the decisive waste management issues because unsuitable sites cause serious environmental and public health problems. In Kenitra province, northwest Morocco, sustainable disposal sites have become a major challenge due to rapid urbanization and population growth. In addition, the existing disposal sites are traditional and inappropriate. The objective of this study is to suggest potential suitable disposal sites using fuzzy logic and analytical hierarchy process (fuzzy-AHP) method integrated with geographic information system (GIS) techniques. For this purpose, thirteen factors affecting the selection process were involved. The results showed that 5% of the studied area is considered extremely suitable and scattered in the central-eastern parts, while 9% is considered almost unsuitable and distributed in the northern and southern parts. Thereafter, these results were validated using the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristics (ROC). The AUC found was 57.1%, which is a moderate prediction's accuracy because the existing sites used in the validation's process were randomly selected. These results can assist relevant authorities and stakeholders for setting new solid waste disposal sites in Kenitra province.
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