Environmental and Geologic Assessment to Locate a Manual Sanitary Refill in the Mene de Mauroa Church, Venezuela

Autor: Simón E. Morales-Soto, Alina Rodríguez-Infante
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Minería y Geología, Vol 32, Iss 2, Pp 87-101 (2016)
ISSN: 1993-8012
Popis: The inadequate disposal of urban wastes is nowadays an environmental issue having a negative impact on several communities. The objective of this investigation is to select the most adequate place to locate a manual sanitary landfill to dump the solid wastes from the Mene de Mauroa (Venezuela) church. A total of 19 variables were subjected to a series of evaluations applying the scale and weight method. This method consists of comparing the variables according to their level of priority. The area with the highest score is to be selected as the most adequate area for the sanitary landfill according to a weighting scale of 5 values for the scoring of each variable.
Databáze: OpenAIRE