AYDI Abdelwaheb, AQIL Tariq, SIFI Sinda, ALZAHRANI Hassan. 2025: Re-evaluation of an operating hazardous landfill site considering the conflict with neighboring inhabitants by multi-criteria decision. Journal of Mountain Science, 22(3): 1001-1014. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-024-9239-y
Citation: AYDI Abdelwaheb, AQIL Tariq, SIFI Sinda, ALZAHRANI Hassan. 2025: Re-evaluation of an operating hazardous landfill site considering the conflict with neighboring inhabitants by multi-criteria decision. Journal of Mountain Science, 22(3): 1001-1014. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-024-9239-y

Re-evaluation of an operating hazardous landfill site considering the conflict with neighboring inhabitants by multi-criteria decision

  • Judicious selection of landfill allocation is crucial since inappropriate dumping of wastes can negatively impact human health and degrade the ecosystem. Therefore, this survey presents an integration multi-criteria decision approach with the geographic information system for re-evaluating the pending hazardous landfill in Jradou, Tunisia, considering the conflict with neighboring inhabitants. The study involved twelve constraints and eight factors relevant to environmental and socio-economic challenges based on international works, guidelines of the country's legislation, and an assessment questionnaire on the landfill suitability map. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) apportioned weights to criteria, and a Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) approach generated landfill suitability maps (LSM). Afterward, the produced LSM revealed that 2% (8.46km²) of the land was classified as very high, followed by 48% (203.04km²) as high, 25% (105.75km²) as moderate, 10% (42.3km²) as low, and the remaining 15% (63.45km²) as very low suitable. Furthermore, the operating hazardous waste landfill of Jradou falls within unsuitable areas, inflicting severe harm on the neighboring. The pending hazardous landfill of Jradou should be closed, and a new site must be identified. Conversely, the highly suitable classes are further identified in (1) the Eastern part of the study area, near Ouled ben Amara, and (2) the Northern part of Zaghouan, at 2 km north of Smenja, for potential future hazardous waste landfills. Consequently, governments and relevant stakeholders should investigate these zones to locate new landfills.
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