LANDFILL POLLUTION ASSESSMENT IN RESIDENTIAL URBAN SPACES IN LEBANON

Landfill site is a significant and risky part at the same time in city. In planning an urban city, pollution caused by landfill damages surrounded areas, especially residential zones, if it does not follow sanitary rules. The from landfills threat environment and, consequently, human health wellbeing, so essential to maintain safe healthy selecting site. From this point of view, research aims create method evaluate affected zones nearest protect people pollution's negative impacts. objective determine most impacted areas combining multiple criteria for studying selected locations that help degree contamination (high risk no risk) each area. study conducted four different Lebanon; three coastal one inward area, differentiation meteorological conditions how they increase affect close inhabitants' zones. By buffer zone weather factors (temperature, humidity, wind), data collected analysed using overlay analysis area landfill. assessment found differs according applied, play role increasing pollution. adopting study's assessment, design decisions new could benefit research's provide