திண்மக்கழிவு வெளியேற்றத்திற்கான தளப்பொருத்த தெரிவுப்பகுப்பாய்வு : வடமராட்சி தெற்கு மேற்கு பிரதேச செயலக பகுதி

Abstract

Solid waste disposal is a hectic problem in urban and developing areas. Solid waste disposal is increasing due to the high needs and usage of things by the increasing population. In the contemporary world, the developing countries like Sri Lanka are facing big issues regarding the solid waste management. Most of the Local Authorities in Sri Lanka is facing a lot of problem of finding Socially, Economically, and Environmentally suitable place for waste disposal. Identifying a suitable place in Vadamaradchy South West Divisional Sectaries for waste disposal important as there are many Ecological sensitive locations such as low land areas, Wetland, fresh water resources and religious place. Because of these things, identification of suitable solid waste disposal places in this area is significantly important. The objective of this study was to identify socially economically and environmentally potential areas of prefer solid waste disposal in vadamaradchy south west Divisional secretariat. The site selection criteria which used for this study includes surface water, Soil texture, Soil Drainage, Road Network, Flood, Population density, school, Hospital, Religious Place and Other important public places which are considered as input layers are created by using weighted overlay to identify the most suitable, moderate suitable, less suitable and unsuitable areas. 12.93 hectare of “A” division was selected for suitable place of solid waste disposal. This research is confirmed that the new technology GIS & MCDA have powerful tools which can effectively be applied during the planning phase of solid waste management, the ability to identify the most suitable areas for waste disposal through the capacity to store, manipulate, analysis, query, interpret and visualize spatial and non-spatial data in many ways which helped to reduce the costly and time consuming.