Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh

Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh

Spatial desicion making involving site selection for any particular use requires proper means to handle the multiple socio-economic factors while considering the physical suitability conditions. GIS (Geographic Information System) has been recognized as a useful decision support technology, but it d...

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Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Ali, Mohammad Mahmud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculti Alam Bina, UTM, Malaysia 2006
Subjects:
HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
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spelling iium-337242015-07-07T02:20:36Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/33724/ Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Ali, Mohammad Mahmud HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology Spatial desicion making involving site selection for any particular use requires proper means to handle the multiple socio-economic factors while considering the physical suitability conditions. GIS (Geographic Information System) has been recognized as a useful decision support technology, but it does not provide means to deal with multiple decision factors. Thus, this paper develops a framework for integrating the strengths of GIS and the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to incorporate the decision maker's preferences on a range of factors in finding areas/ land suitable for urban development in a secondary city of Bnagladesh. Faculti Alam Bina, UTM, Malaysia 2006 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/33724/1/mohit.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Ali, Mohammad Mahmud (2006) Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh. Jurnal Alam Bina, 8 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1511-1369 http://www.utm.edu.my/fab
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topic HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
spellingShingle HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
Ali, Mohammad Mahmud
Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
description Spatial desicion making involving site selection for any particular use requires proper means to handle the multiple socio-economic factors while considering the physical suitability conditions. GIS (Geographic Information System) has been recognized as a useful decision support technology, but it does not provide means to deal with multiple decision factors. Thus, this paper develops a framework for integrating the strengths of GIS and the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) to incorporate the decision maker's preferences on a range of factors in finding areas/ land suitable for urban development in a secondary city of Bnagladesh.
format Article
author Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
Ali, Mohammad Mahmud
author_facet Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
Ali, Mohammad Mahmud
author_sort Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
title Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
title_short Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
title_full Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Integrating GIS and AHP for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of Bangladesh
title_sort integrating gis and ahp for land suitability analysis for urban development in a secondary city of bangladesh
publisher Faculti Alam Bina, UTM, Malaysia
publishDate 2006
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/33724/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33724/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/33724/1/mohit.pdf
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