GIS as an effective tool in waste management-a case study of Allahabad city India.

Abstract

Environmental management is a broad area which comes into the domain of multidisciplinary fields including Architecture and Planning. It requires vast amounts of data collection, data retrieval and its analysis. GIS can fulfill this purpose with its multi-analytical and spatial capabilities. It can be used for analysis and study of various aspects of waste management including site selection for municipal solid waste landfills.  GIS facilitates the storage of vast amounts of data in the form of raster data and  vector data which can serve an important and efficient method for depicting various aspects of waste management.The current study shows the application of GIS  spatial analytical tools in finding landfill sites for Allahabad City for Municipal Solid Waste.