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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-7-W3-657-2015</article-id>
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<article-title>Solid Waste Management in Greater Shillong Planning Area (GSPA) Using Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis for Site Suitability Assessment</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mipun</surname>
<given-names>B. S.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Hazarika</surname>
<given-names>R.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mondal</surname>
<given-names>M.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Mukhopadhyay</surname>
<given-names>S.</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<addr-line>North-Eastern Hill University, Department of Geography, Shillong, Meghalaya- India</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>29</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>XL-7/W3</volume>
<fpage>657</fpage>
<lpage>662</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2015 B. S. Mipun et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
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<p>In Shillong city the existing solid waste management system is mobile waste bins (72%). About 12 percent burn the waste generated
by them. Door to door collection is about 5 percent. Over 2 percent households throw the wastes in the open space. Another 9
percent households throw their wastes into the waste bins located in the neighbourhood. The local headman takes care about half of
the household’s wastes, while Municipality takes care about 34 percent households. About 10 percent households are ignorant about
the collection and disposal of wastes. Some NGO’s takes care about 5 percent household’s wastes. Awareness about segregation of
waste into organic and non-bio degradable waste is 64 percent and a significant numbers do the segregation. In Shillong Municipality
Board (SMB) area collects 45.91% (78.42 MT) waste, outside SMB area collection is 32.61% (45.99 MT) and entire GSPA the
percentage of garbage collected is 41percent. The only dumping ground in GSPA is Marten, Mawiong, and the capacity to hold
garbage is decreasing due to limited landfill. The sanitary landfill site is 5.0 acres that it is not enough to meet the demand. Out of he
total area 170.69 sq. km. (GSPA) only 25.67% is most suitable and 18.58% is unsuitable to set up a new landfill area. Eastern part of
the GSPA, is most suitable, which fulfils the entire criterion adopted in this study. In this the best-stated criterion are land cover
(vacant space), slope (&lt;15%), proximity to road (400-800m), distance from River (&gt;2000m) and elevation (1300-1500m). The
eastern part of the GSPA is most suitable landfill location.</p>
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