Finding the best path based on geographic information systems for transporting construction waste

Abstract

With the continued growth of the population, the activities resulting from this growth increased, especially urban expansion, which produced large construction waste. The random accumulation of this waste has turned into a global problem that cannot be ignored or postponed. Therefore, special landfills were established to transport the waste generated in any area to it, and because the cost of transportation depends the path that is taken directly, the best path had to be chosen. With the lack of scientific awareness of choosing the best path, this increased the cost of transportation, and here the need to intensify efforts and use technology to solve this problem. In this paper, the selection of the best path was studied. The field of study is in the city of Baghdad, where a specific building and two landfills approved by the Municipality of Baghdad were chosen. The required locations were obtained using (Google Earth) software, and the road network was downloaded with (QGIS) software, then (ArcMap) was used to determine the best path. As the first landfill was the closest in distance and the second was less in time. The study found that GIS technology is effective in the selection process and recommended the need to use GIS technology in construction waste management, and to install special steering devices on construction waste transport vehicles.