Research Article

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for a Landfill Site Selection in Chachapoyas and Huancas (NW Peru): Modeling in a GIS-RS Environment

Table 8

Estimation of the minimum area for a future landfill in Chachapoyas, NW Peru, estimated with a useful service life (SL) for 20 years.

DescriptionResult

City population by 204061306.87 hab.
Amount of MSW generated in a day26 668.49 kg/day
Total volume of MSW generated in one day26.38 m3/day
Total volume of MSW generated in 20 years192565.5891 m3
Minimum area for a landfill3.2 ha.