| Sains Malaysiana 38(4)(2009):
          457–462  
            
           
             
           
             
           Environmental Planning Strategies for Optimum Solid Waste Landfill Siting
            
           (Strategi
            Perancangan Alam Sekitar untuk Penempatan Optimum Tapak
              Pelupusan Sisa Pepejal)
                
               
             
           Y. Sumiani*, C.C. Onn, M.A. Mohd Din & W.Z. Wan Jaafar
            
           Department
            of Civil, Faculty of Engineering
              
             University
            of Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai
              
             Kuala
            Lumpur, Malaysia
            
           
             
           Diserahkan:
            30 Julai 2008 / Diterima: 22
              Disember 2008
                
               
             
           ABSTRACT
            
           
             
           The use of environmental planning tools for optimum
            solid waste landfill siting taking into account all environmental implications
            was carried out by applying Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to enhance the research information obtained from initial analysis
              using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The objective of this study is to identify the most eco-friendly
                landfill site by conducting a LCA analysis upon 5
                  potential GIS generated sites which
                    incorporated eleven important criteria related to the social, environmental,
                    and economical factors. The LCA analysis utilized the
                      daily distance covered by collection trucks among the 5 selected landfill sites
                      to generate inventory data on total energy usage for each landfill sites. The
                      planning and selection of the potential sites were facilitated after conducting
                      environmental impact analysis upon the inventory data which showed the least
                      environmental impact. 
                        
                       
             
           Keywords: Geographic information system; impact
            analysis; life cycle assessment; landfill siting
              
             
             
           ABSTRAK
            
           
             
           Penggunaan alat
            pengurusan alam sekitar untuk penempatan tapak pelupusan sampah yang optimum
            dijalankan dengan mengaplikasikan kaedah Analisis Kitaran Hayat (LCA) untuk menambahbaikan
              maklumat kajian yang telah dijanakan oleh Sistem Maklumat Geografi (GIS). Objektif kajian ini
                adalah untuk mengenalpasti tapak bahan buangan yang paling mesra alam dengan
                menjalankan satu analisis LCA di 5 kawasan potensi
                  tapak yang dijana oleh GIS yang sudah pun
                    menggabungkan 11 kepentingan kriteria berkaitan dengan kemasyarakatan, alam
                    sekitar dan faktor-faktor ekonomi. Analisis LCA menggunakan jumlah jarak yang dilalui oleh lori kutipan setiap hari di antara 5 tapak bahan buangan terpilih untuk menjana
                      inventori data ke atas jumlah penggunaan tenaga untuk setiap tapak bahan
                      buangan. Perancangan dan pemilihan untuk tapak yang paling sesuai dipermudahkan
                      setelah dijalankan satu analisis impak ke atas inventori data tersebut untuk
                      menentukan tapak pelupusan sampah yang mana akan menghasilkan kesan yang minimum terhadap alam sekitar. 
                        
                       
             
           Kata kunci: Analisis kitaran hayat; penilaian
            impak; sistem maklumat geografi; tapak pelupusan sampah 
              
             
             
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            *Pengarang untuk surat-menyurat; email: sumiani@um.edu.my
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