Satellite data potentialities in solid waste landfill monitoring: Review and case studies

LG Papale, G Guerrisi, D De Santis, G Schiavon… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing can represent an important instrument for monitoring landfills and their
evolution over time. In general, remote sensing can offer a global and rapid view of the …

Development and application of an analytical framework for mapping probable illegal dumping sites using nighttime light imagery and various remote sensing indices

N Karimi, KTW Ng, A Richter - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Illegal dump sites (IDS) pose significant risks to human and the environment and are a
pressing issue worldwide. Due to their secretive nature, the detection of IDS is costly and …

Sustainable landfill sites selection using geospatial information and AHP-GDM approach: A case study of Abha-Khamis in Saudi Arabia

M Arshad, MA Hasan, MK Al Mesfer, BA Al Alwan… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Social, environmental, and technical factors must be combined to solve the complex
problem of ever-growing municipal solid waste (MSW) and minimize its negative impact on …

A data driven technique applying GIS, and remote sensing to rank locations for waste disposal site expansion

A Richter, KTW Ng, N Karimi - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019 - Elsevier
Landfilling is the most common method for final treatment of municipal solid waste
worldwide. Canadians generated 973 kg/cap of waste in 2016, and 73% of that was sent to …

RS-and GIS-based modeling for optimum site selection in rain water harvesting system: an SCS-CN approach

K Mahmood, A Qaiser, S Farooq, M Nisa - Acta Geophysica, 2020 - Springer
In this study, an integrated approach has been adopted for optimum selection of locations for
rain water harvesting (RWH) in Kohat district of Pakistan. Various thematic layers including …

Thermal heterogeneity in the proximity of municipal solid waste landfills on forest and agricultural lands

N Karimi, KTW Ng, A Richter, J Williams… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Information on the spatial extent of potential impact areas near disposal sites is vital
to the development of a sustainable natural resource management policy. Eight Canadian …

Temporal and spatial distributions of waste facilities and solid waste management strategies in rural and urban Saskatchewan, Canada

A Ghosh, KTW Ng - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Saskatchewan has the highest number of landfills per capita in Canada. Given the lower
population density and the skewed spatial population distribution, comprehensive analysis …

Detection of waste dumping locations in landfill using multi-temporal Landsat thermal images

J Gill, K Faisal, A Shaker… - Waste Management & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The disposal of solid waste in a conventional landfill is inevitably associated with potential
adverse environmental impacts, resulting in the migration of landfill gas and offensive odors …

Integrating Geographic Information System network analysis and nighttime light satellite imagery to optimize landfill regionalization on a regional level

N Karimi, KTW Ng, A Richter - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
More than half of financial resources allocated for municipal solid waste management are
typically spent on waste collection and transportation. An optimized landfill siting and waste …

Spatio-temporal estimates of solid waste disposal in an urban city of India: a remote sensing and GIS approach

S Gautam, J Brema, R Dhasarathan - Environmental technology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The landfilling method is one of the best method of final disposal/treatment of solid waste
globally. In India, 68.8-million-ton year solid waste are generated and 35% of the solid waste …