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Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study

Solid waste management is important part of urban environmental management. Solid waste management is a chain of many factors which include proper garbage picking, organized transport, trained staff, proper channel of garbage disposition, a fully automated tracking system, and awareness in the gener...

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Main Authors: Zeeshan, Sumayya, Shahid, Zeeshan, Khan, Sheroz, Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed
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Language:English
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/70805/1/70805_Solid%20waste%20management%20in%20Korangi%20District_SCOPUS.pdf
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spelling my.iium.irep.708052019-02-19T07:06:41Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70805/ Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study Zeeshan, Sumayya Shahid, Zeeshan Khan, Sheroz Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Solid waste management is important part of urban environmental management. Solid waste management is a chain of many factors which include proper garbage picking, organized transport, trained staff, proper channel of garbage disposition, a fully automated tracking system, and awareness in the general public about the do's and don'ts. It is equally important as any other system of survival in a city like Karachi. This paper deals with, how GIS (Geographic Information System) can be used as a decision support tool for planning waste management Total amount of waste generated in Karachi is more than 9000 tons and land filling is the most acceptable solution for waste disposal. However an inappropriate selected site can lead to many environmental, economical and ecological impacts. For the selection of landfill or final disposal site of waste many factors were kept in consideration. The aim of this paper is to select an appropriate site for the landfill or final waste disposal site of waste for District Korangi, Karachi. Many factors were kept under consideration like water bodies, road distance and land use. The designed models have been implemented on the data obtained from the satellite images for the analysis in ARCGIS software. Weighted overlay analysis, a decision making tool was used for the selection of suitable site. The results suggest some modification in the existing system which is expected to reduce the waste management workload to a certain extent. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70805/1/70805_Solid%20waste%20management%20in%20Korangi%20District_SCOPUS.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70805/7/70805_Solid%20waste%20management%20in%20Korangi%20District%20of%20Karachi.pdf Zeeshan, Sumayya and Shahid, Zeeshan and Khan, Sheroz and Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed (2018) Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study. In: 7th International Conference on Computer and Communication Engineering, ICCCE 2018, 19th-20th September 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8539241 10.1109/ICCCE.2018.8539241
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Zeeshan, Sumayya
Shahid, Zeeshan
Khan, Sheroz
Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed
Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
description Solid waste management is important part of urban environmental management. Solid waste management is a chain of many factors which include proper garbage picking, organized transport, trained staff, proper channel of garbage disposition, a fully automated tracking system, and awareness in the general public about the do's and don'ts. It is equally important as any other system of survival in a city like Karachi. This paper deals with, how GIS (Geographic Information System) can be used as a decision support tool for planning waste management Total amount of waste generated in Karachi is more than 9000 tons and land filling is the most acceptable solution for waste disposal. However an inappropriate selected site can lead to many environmental, economical and ecological impacts. For the selection of landfill or final disposal site of waste many factors were kept in consideration. The aim of this paper is to select an appropriate site for the landfill or final waste disposal site of waste for District Korangi, Karachi. Many factors were kept under consideration like water bodies, road distance and land use. The designed models have been implemented on the data obtained from the satellite images for the analysis in ARCGIS software. Weighted overlay analysis, a decision making tool was used for the selection of suitable site. The results suggest some modification in the existing system which is expected to reduce the waste management workload to a certain extent.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zeeshan, Sumayya
Shahid, Zeeshan
Khan, Sheroz
Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed
author_facet Zeeshan, Sumayya
Shahid, Zeeshan
Khan, Sheroz
Shaikh, Faraz Ahmed
author_sort Zeeshan, Sumayya
title Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
title_short Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
title_full Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
title_fullStr Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
title_full_unstemmed Solid waste management in Korangi District of Karachi using GPS and GIS: a case study
title_sort solid waste management in korangi district of karachi using gps and gis: a case study
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2018
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