Abstract
The selection of appropriate solid waste disposal sites always remains a headache for municipal authorities and urban planners due to its environmental and health concern. The coastal city of Visakhapatnam, also known as Vizag, produces a mass amount of solid waste due to tourism and industrial growth, posing a major threat to waste disposal and management. The present study was based on 14 influencing criteria as well as seven constrain criteria. Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (Fuzzy-DEMATEL) model was used to accomplish relative weights of criteria for disposal sites selection. Results show that 12.96% of the study area is highly suitable, 18.45% is moderately suitable, 20.47% is suitable, 22.87% is less suitable, and 25.24% is unsuitable for dumping sites selection in Vizag metropolitan region. The present methodology would be beneficial for urban planners and local authorities in order to minimize environmental risk and impact on human health.
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