This paper presents a comprehensive review of the methodological frameworks and criteria used for municipal solid waste landfill selection. The review is based on 89 scientific papers published in peer reviewed journals from 1983 onwards. The descriptive statistical analyses of the reviewed papers consider temporal, location-based quantitative, and qualitative factors. The papers considered are classified by the country where the case studies were carried out, and the qualitative ranking is performed according to the number of citations. Afterwards, the employed methods and criteria for landfill site selection were extensively analyzed and classified. The summary of the conducted analyses shows that Geographical Information Systems (GIS), either as an individual technique or in combination with other approaches are extensively used. Weighted linear combination is the most frequently applied multi-criteria decision analysis method for ranking of alternatives. The analytical hierarchy process is the dominating method for weighting the criteria. A combination of GIS with Remote Sensing techniques is used in several landfill siting studies as a more appealing approach, due to the capability of real-time data updates. The evaluations of the landfill siting criteria indicate that the most frequent main criterion is environmental, followed by economic and social criteria, while the most preferred sub-criteria is distance to the surface waters. These findings and classifications are beneficial to both, the researchers and decision makers, while serving as a support to the complex and difficult process of real-world landfill site selection.

本文对城市生活垃圾掩埋场选择的方法框架和标准进行了全面回顾。该综述基于1983年以来在同行评审期刊上发表的89篇科学论文。回顾性论文的描述性统计分析考虑了时间，基于位置的定量和定性因素。所考虑的论文是按进行案例研究的国家/地区分类的，并且根据引文的数量进行定性排名。之后，对垃圾填埋场选择所采用的方法和标准进行了广泛的分析和分类。进行的分析的摘要表明，地理信息系统（GIS），无论是作为单独的技术，还是与其他方法结合使用，都得到了广泛的使用。加权线性组合是替代方案排名最常用的多准则决策分析方法。层次分析法是加权标准的主要方法。由于实时数据更新的能力，在一些垃圾填埋场选址研究中将GIS与遥感技术相结合是一种更具吸引力的方法。对垃圾填埋场选址标准的评估表明，最常见的主要标准是环境，其次是经济和社会标准，而最优选的子标准是与地表水的距离。这些发现和分类对研究人员和决策者都是有益的，同时也为现实生活中垃圾填埋场选择的复杂而困难的过程提供了支持。