BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV2I10079,
     title={Site Selection for Urban Solid Waste Disposal Using Remote Sensing and Open Source GIS In Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu},
     author={P.N.Karthiheyan and Dr.L.Yeshodha},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={2},
     number={10},
     pages={233--239},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV2I10079.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

The solid waste materials in cities are the natural outcome of human activities. Solid waste management is a global environmental problem in today’s world and is the key component of the infrastructure for a sustainable community. Urban solid waste management is considered as one of the most serious environmental problems confronting municipal authorities in developing countries. One of these impacts is due to improper location of dumping site in unsuitable areas. The problem associated with the solid waste disposal site in today’s society is complex because of the quantity and diverse nature of the wastes. Hence potential sites will have to be managed by technologies and methods that support sustainable communities and environment. Selection of suitable sites for waste disposal is based on several factors. Due to the different parameters involved, deciding upon a suitable location is also very complicated, costly and time consuming. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) allows users to view, understand, question, interpret and visualize spatial and non-spatial data in many ways that reveals relationships, patterns and trends in the form of maps, reports and charts. This paper deals with determination of suitable site for the disposal of waste generated from Krishnagiri district where the greatest protection for environment is provided using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. This study that has been carried out involved analysing the existing solid waste disposal site initially and later land use land cover, geology, geomorphology, soil, road network and drainage mapping was done using on screen visual interpretation of the IRS P6 LISS-IV satellite imagery for identifying the sites for solid waste dumping. All thematic vector layers created were analysed by the theme wise suitability of different classes in the study area by giving them weightage scores using spatial analyst tool in Q-GIS to target the potential sites for waste disposal.

Remote Sensing, Geographical Information System (GIS), Visual interpretation