Application of GIS for urban solid waste management : a case study of Karteh Solh in Bamyan, Afghanistan | |
| Author | Nabizada, Mohammad Jawed |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.RS-18-05 |
| Subject(s) | Solid waste management--Afghanistan--Bamyan Global Positioning System Geographic Information System--Afghanistan--Bamyan |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Nowadays USWM is a universal environmental issue which creates environmental degradation, health hazard, and economic descend. This is a critical problem in Afghanistan too due to lack of a proper SWMS. The aim of this study is to set up a GIS-based management system to improve the current solid waste management practices in Karti Solh, Bamyan, Afghanistan. Questionnaire and Sample survey has done to collect data about the number of the inhabitant amount of generated waste from houses and the household behavior towards the waste disposal all over the area. GPS survey was carried out to capture the current location of collection bins, landfill, official and non-official temporary open disposal sites. Furthermore, the road network of the study area and houses footprints have been digitized from GeoEye satellite image 2017 in order to prepare the existing map of the SWMS of the study area. This study used GIS for investigating an adequate number of collection bins and relocation of existing collection bins along the roads in the study area. The required number of collection bins were calculated from the following formula N=W ID*S*F1 *CF where: N- is the number of bins, W - total quantity of waste generated per day in kg, D- density of mixed waste in kg/m 3, S- size of bin in m ', F1- average filling rate of bin and CF- collection frequency. Then the optimal locations were found with reference to existing bins locations, road network, waste density and the accepted proximity distance. Then the service area was created for each bin with optimal distance 100 meters. The GIS-based analysis was conducted to select optimal road network for waste transportation from the collection bins to landfill. Then, all collection bins were divided into clusters. Finally, the shortest road created with the help of network analyst function in ARC GIS software for each cluster. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Remote Sensing (RS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Nakamura, Tai |
| Examination Committee(s) | Virdis, Salvatore ;Miyazaki, Hiroyuki |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE), Afghanistan |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2018 |