The Application of GIS for Site Selection of Rustic Solid Waste Landfill (Case Study: Kojor in south of Nowshahr city)

Solid waste land fill has constantly been considered as one of the basic problems for attendants of city services. The environmental living and healthy perils of solid waste land fill due to relation with the life of human being require control and specific application of managing system will be more complex in development and population growth. In respect of the problem erroneously driving away of rustic solid waste land fill in kojor area, Nowshahr, and decreasing of various results, in addition due to the area being touristic basically site selection has been regnired. Nevertheless, Geograplic Information System (GIS) has been used with taking into consideration of environmental living standards to choose a suitable plance for solid waste landfill. In this study topology, land steepness, soil quality, geology and geological structure, hydrology and hydro geology, the farness from flowing water resources, rustic population center, available paths, producing center of solid waste land fill and using a statistical method have been the main factors in site selection for solid waste landfill. Suitable places have been provided on the basis of priority on the map, based on final analysis results and determining acceptable area.