ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Environmental Suitability of the City
of East Sarajevo for the Location of Municipal
Solid Waste Disposal Site Using a GIS
Based Multi-Criteria Analysis
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University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Geography,
Alekse Santica 1, 71420 Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Geographical Institute ‘Jovan Cvijić’ Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Djure Jakšića 9, Belgrade, 11000, Serbia
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University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Department of Geospatial and Environmental sciences,
Studentski trg 3/III, 11000 Belgrade
Submission date: 2021-04-02
Final revision date: 2021-06-23
Acceptance date: 2021-06-25
Online publication date: 2021-12-07
Publication date: 2022-01-28
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Sanda Šušnjar
Department of Geography, University of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Philosophy, Alekse Santica 1, 71420, Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(1):857-870
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World production growth affected a rise in the amount of waste generated. In these circumstances
proper waste management becomes a highly important issue. The protection of the environment
from degradation requires a multi-dimensional approach to this problem. Integration of multicriteria
decision making with the geographic information systems provides a useful methodology and
a helpful instrument in waste management, particularly in the assessment of environmental suitability
for the location of municipal solid waste disposal sites. Multidimensional approach is realized
through analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in the determination of sub-criteria and criteria values
and final site selection. Geographic information systems (GIS) provide spatial data input and give
an insight into final result of the decision-making process. Integrated methodology is applied
in suitability analysis of the City of East Sarajevo for the location of municipal solid waste disposal
site (MSWDS). Ten criteria were evaluated through pair-wise comparison matrices and suitability
map was obtained using weighted linear combination algorithm in GIS. Extracting high suitability
area, the largest locations were evaluated through AHP according to ten criteria and final site selection
was made. The results indicate high applicability of integrated multi-criteria analysis and GIS methodologies for coordination of decision-making process in spatially oriented issues of environmental
management.