Now a time GIS is a power full tools for Solid waste dumping site selection and similarities study. In Ethiopia the usage of GIS in urban planning and for sustained development of solid waste management is very crucial. The City municipalities has an emphasis on providing a short term training on GIS until the employees fulfill the bottleneck skill of how to practiced the GIS on their duties of handling land management and its related.

Author: Nesru Mohammed: MSc,Urban Planning and DevelopmentCO-Author: Kibrom Hailu:MSc,Geodesy and Geomatics EngineeringLecturer,ASTU;CEO,KH Engineering (www.khengineeringethiopia.com) and General Secretary, ESPA