Geological Approach for Landfill Site Selection: A Case Study of Vršac Municipality, Serbia

Ivana Carević, Mikica Sibinović, Sanja Manojlović, Natalija Batoćanin, Aleksandar S. Petrović and Tanja Srejić
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Ivana Carević: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Mikica Sibinović: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Sanja Manojlović: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Natalija Batoćanin: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandar S. Petrović: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Tanja Srejić: Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: One of the biggest problems of environmental protection in Serbia is landfills. It is often a case that the economic interests are predominant in the landfill sitting; thus, most landfills are not located according to standards. This study shows that detailed geological data assets combined with geographical modeling represents a reliable way to define and locate the landfill site. Geological evaluation is discussed in detail with regard to bedrock lithology, quaternary geology, geological structure, hydrogeology, surface runoff patterns, and topography. An approach combining geographical modeling and geology is presented for determining the sites suitable for landfill selection with respect to their geologic favorability. As opposed to numerous research papers on this topic, in the methodological procedure, special importance is devoted to the analysis of the geological criteria. In this way, it is significantly easier to determine the landfill area with the best characteristics due to geological structure and lithology which unequivocally and precisely indicates inadequate territories for candidate sites. The multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) is based on geological criteria upgraded with road (primary, residential, secondary, and tertiary), settlements network, railway, airport, infrastructure, land use, hypsometry aquifer, wetland, and surface water. The score values are divided into four classes, i.e., restricted areas, suitable but avoid, suitable, and most suitable. Combining geographical modeling with geology led to the recognition of two locations to be most favorable for landfill site located in the most suitable area, which represents 25.3% of the study area.

Keywords: MCDA; geology; geological criteria; geographical modeling; land (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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