Sustainable management of solid waste has become a major concern for municipal
authorities in rapidly growing cities of many developing countries. Waste management
through landfilling is even more challenging, as optimized siting is essential to minimize
adverse consequences like damage to the environment and public health. In this study,
geospatial techniques were applied to landfill site selection. Savar upazila, a rapidly
urbanizing subdistrict of Dhaka, Bangladesh, was taken as a case study. Nine geospatial …