PROJECT ON

PROJECT ON

REMOTE SENSING AND GIS IN WATER MANAGEMENT

COURSE 6202

PROJECT TITLE

SELECTION OF WASTE DISPOSAL SITE IN DHAKA CITY WITH THE HELP OF

GIS

Submitted by

»A.F.MD.EHASANUL HUQ

ROLL NO. MF 0428007

»FARZANA SULTANA

ROLL NO. MF0428029

INTRODUCTION

• Solid waste is increasing in Dhaka city day by day.

• Due to

- Rapid population growth

- Urbanization

- Increased quality of life

Hence..

• Dumping of solid waste has become a great problem

• GIS techniques can be applied to solve this problem

Methodology

Maps :

The base map ---

• Water logging map of Dhaka City

• Structural map of Dhaka City Detailed Area Plan 1995-2015

Prepared map---

• Major roads

• Restricted areas

• Rivers and proposed retention ponds

Because

--Major roads: for easy transport

-- Restricted areas : dumping is solely prohibited

-- Rivers and proposed retention ponds:

• Prohibited dumping

• Not in future plan

Methodology

• Arc View techniques

- On the screen Digitizing

- Editing

- Buffering of the map layers

- Overlay techniques

The base map

Plo

tting

maj

or

road

s

maj

or r

oads

of D

haka

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tting

res

tric

ted

area

s

Res

tric

ted

area

s of

the

city

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tting

maj

or r

iver

s an

d pr

opos

ed r

eten

tion

pond

s

Major rivers and proposed retention ponds of Dhaka city

Buffering of major roads

Buffering of restricted areas

Both the buffer maps were joined

Buf

fer

map

was

ove

rlain

with

m

ajor

riv

ers

and

prop

osed

ret

entio

n po

nds