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Combining AHP-Entropy Approach with GIS for Construction Waste Landfill Selection—A Case Study of Shenzhen

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Department of Construction Management and Real Estate, College of Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Financial Investment Management Service Center of Honghuagang District, Zunyi 563100, China
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Department of Civil Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Architecture Engineering School, Chongqing Vocational Institute of Engineering, Chongqing, 400037, China
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15(10), 2254; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102254
Received: 9 September 2018 / Revised: 10 October 2018 / Accepted: 12 October 2018 / Published: 15 October 2018
With the recent fast economy development and rapid urbanization, the huge generation of construction waste has become a threat to sustainable development in China. Though efforts have been made to promote reuse and recycling of construction waste, landfilling of waste remains the most commonly adapted approach for construction waste disposal. As the space for landfills is limited and because of the negative issues in terms of environmental and social aspects that may be caused, the appropriate site selection of landfills is crucial. With this background, this paper aims to establish a framework for facilitating landfill selection for construction waste. To begin with, a total of sixteen factors that may influence landfill site selection were identified from a literature review. Then, based on the combined analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and entropy method, the weights and the final comprehensive scores of the identified factors were calculated. According to the derived results, potential sites for landfills were divided into three levels, namely the most appropriate (0.38%), appropriate (17.58%), and inappropriate (82.04%). The proposed decision-making methods in this paper can provide a valuable reference for the selection of construction waste landfill sites. View Full-Text
Keywords: construction waste; landfill selection; AHP-entropy approach; geographic information system (GIS); Shenzhen construction waste; landfill selection; AHP-entropy approach; geographic information system (GIS); Shenzhen
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Ding, Z.; Zhu, M.; Wu, Z.; Fu, Y.; Liu, X. Combining AHP-Entropy Approach with GIS for Construction Waste Landfill Selection—A Case Study of Shenzhen. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 2254. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102254

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Ding Z, Zhu M, Wu Z, Fu Y, Liu X. Combining AHP-Entropy Approach with GIS for Construction Waste Landfill Selection—A Case Study of Shenzhen. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018; 15(10):2254. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102254

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Ding, Zhikun, Menglian Zhu, Zezhou Wu, Yanbin Fu, and Xia Liu. 2018. "Combining AHP-Entropy Approach with GIS for Construction Waste Landfill Selection—A Case Study of Shenzhen" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15, no. 10: 2254. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102254

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