Application of a sustainable location index approach to landfill site selection in Monterrey, Mexico

Rueda-Avellaneda, Juan FelipeFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico (författare)

Landfilling is the main method to manage municipal solid waste (MSW) in Latin America due to the economic, technological and political characteristics of the region. The disposal of MSW in landfill sites may affect the quality of the environment and compromise a considerable share of the municipal budgets. The selection of suitable sites reduces the environmental and economic impact of landfills. In the present study the sustainable location index (SLI) is proposed as a methodology to assess environmentally, and economically, sanitary landfill site selection in the Metropolitan Area of Monterrey, a representative large-size city of Latin America. EVIAVE methodology was modified to include administrative and economic dimensions, which are assessed as a sustainable approach using together the SLI integrated with geospatial and multicriteria analysis tools. The assessment showed that the zones with the lowest SLI changes drastically when the importance of the economic or environmental factor varies. This result suggest that the inclusion of sustainability in landfill site selection decision-making is complex and it may requires the inclusion of local particularities such as municipal budgets, policies of MSW management and public perception about environmental deterioration.

NATURVETENSKAP Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap Miljövetenskap hsv//swe
NATURAL SCIENCES Earth and Related Environmental Sciences Environmental Sciences hsv//eng
EVIAVE; geographic information system; landfill site selection; landfilling; multicriteria decision; Municipal solid waste; sustainability

Gomez-Gonzalez, RicardoFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico (författare)
Rivas-García, PasianoFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico;Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología y Nanotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Nuevo León, Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico (författare)
Benitez-Bravo, ReyesFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico (författare)
Botello-Álvarez, José EnriqueDepartamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico (författare)
Wang, ZhaoHögskolan i Gävle,Miljövetenskap(Swepub:hig)zhowag (författare)
Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, MexicoFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico;Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología y Nanotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad de Nuevo León, Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico (creator_code:org_t)

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