Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research 2676-3478 4 4 2016 11 01 Locating industrial landfill using analytical hierarchy process (AHP)(Case study: Natanz-Isfahan industrial suburbs) 182 189 45370 10.22102/jaehr.2016.45370 EN Majid Hashemi Ph.D Student, Environment Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Committee and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran MSc of Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 0000-0003-3254-2296 Hamid Reza Pourzamani Associate Professor, Environment Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Saeed Fadaei Ph.D Student, Environment Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Committee and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Faezeh Heidari BS of Environmental Health Engineering, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran Golnaz Safa MSc of Environmental Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology/ Environmental Expert, Zendeh Rood Research Center, Isfahan, Iran Iman Parseh Ph.D Student, Environment Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Committee and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 0000-0001-5867-1171 Hamed Mohammadi Ph.D Student, Environment Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Committee and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Saeed Parastar Ph.D Student, Environment Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran, and Student Research Committee and Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2016 10 22 Locating landfills in urban areas is one of the most important issues in urban planning because of the effect on economy, ecology, and environment, therefore the right management and principled landfilling of solid waste is the major concern all over the world especially in the developed countries. In locating landfills, different criteria should be considered. In the present study, locating sites for solid landfill of two industrial suburbs in Natanz using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was investigated so as to present optimal solutions. Three places were investigated as suggested sites and seven factors like distance from the industrial suburb, ease of access, cost of site preparation, access to covering soil, wind direction, soil penetration, and groundwater direction were considered in the decision-making process. Super Decisions software was  mployed to create hierarchy network, compare criteria and sub criteria, and finally choose better choice. Based on the results, the third choice located in northeast of Shojaabad suburb and southeast of Ooreh suburb (almost between two suburbs) was selected as the best choice to bury the industrial wastes of these suburbs with score of 0.618 based on the software results. The incompatibility rate was 0.069.  https://jaehr.muk.ac.ir/article_45370_a78562b316f0578286ddea6e6eaf2c63.pdf