Abstract
A GIS-Based Approach for Minimizing Exposure to Undesirable Facilities Track: Health and Human Services Author(s): Bilal Farhan, Alan Murray Exposure to environmental hazards could result in serious diseases. For example, a spontaneous fire at a waste dump site in Fresno, California, in 2003 resulted in respiratory problems for residents living near the facility. Therefore, to help prevent such diseases, it is crucial to place undesirable facilities (e.g., toxic waste dump sites) as far away as possible from population concentrations. Although GIS can be instrumental in selecting sites for undesirable facilities, various issues may require developing other tools to be used in conjunction with GIS. Three issues are considered here: distance decay, coverage distance, and number of facilities to be located. This research develops a GIS-based approach for locating undesirable facilities. The developed approach consists of two interrelated components: GIS and a spatial optimization model. This research shows how GIS can be instrumental when making location decisions for undesirable facilities, which could result in preventing diseases and promoting environmental equity. Bilal Farhan JP Morgan Chase 2302 Palmleaf Ct Columbus , OH 43235 US Phone: 614-789-0785 E-mail: bilal.farhan@chase.com Alan Murray Ohio State University 1036 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall Columbus , OH 43210 US Phone: 1-614-688-5441 E-mail: murray.308@osu.edu |
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