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ArticleHeliyon2022

MCA and geospatial analysis-based suitable dumping site selection for urban environmental protection: A case study of Shambu, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.

Bona Tadese, Meseret Wagari, Habtamu Tamiru

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Article in Heliyon, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Elucidating Best Geospatial Estimation Method Applied to Environmental Sciences.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bona TadeseDepartment of Natural Resources Management, Wollega University, P.O.B 395, Ethiopia.
Meseret WagariDepartment of Natural Resources Management, Wollega University, P.O.B 395, Ethiopia.
Habtamu TamiruDepartment of Water Resources and Irrigation Engineering, Wollega University, P.O.B 395, Ethiopia.
Wollega University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A lack of suitable dumping sites in a town or city can have an impact on the health of the residents as well as the quality of the urban environment. There are no identified dumping sites in this study area that meet scientific or urban standards. Residents are dumping solid waste into ditches, roads, public water sources, and small streams. The solid and liquid wastes generated by residential areas, state prisons, religious areas, public markets, and business centers have a negative impact on the town. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the novelty of using Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)-based geospatial analysis to select suitable dumping sites in Shambu town. Key factors for dumping site selection, such as LULC, road networks, private well locations, slope, geomorphology, geology, soil texture, drainage density, and lineament density, were confirmed as geospatial analysis criteria. In the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), the importance of the key factors was weighted and prioritized, and thematic maps were created using weighted overlay analysis. The suitable dumping sites were identified using qualitative classifications such as

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