Application of Ecological and Anthropogenic Criteria in Locating the Rural Settlements Using Spatial Decision Support System: A Case Study of Kaaj Village, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran

Nazemi, Z.; Esmaeilpour, Y.; Kamangar, M.

doi:10.30490/rvt.2016.59447

Application of Ecological and Anthropogenic Criteria in Locating the Rural Settlements Using Spatial Decision Support System: A Case Study of Kaaj Village, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Z. Nazemi ¹

Y. Esmaeilpour ²

M. Kamangar ³

¹ MSc in Natural Resources and Environment, University of Hormozgan, Iran

² Faculty Member, Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management, University of Hormozgan, Iran

³ MSc in Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing )RS), Iran

10.30490/rvt.2016.59447

Abstract

Adjacent to Koohrang river, Kaaj village will go under water after filling dam reservoir and must be moved to an appropriate location. To determine the environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting the locating of new place for rural settlement, considering different criteria to determine choices with the greatest role in the process, the network analysis method was used in this study. In this method, the effective criteria were assessed through questionnaires. As a result, eleven criteria were selected. In the next step, to produce the classified maps of each criterion based on suitability for the construction of settlements in rank order based on valorization and classification of data of layers, TOPSIS method was used in GIS environment. Results showed that the distance from the urban and rural areas, height and soil erodibility criteria, respectively, by %19, %16 and %15% of the weight of the model have the greatest impacts in spatial decision support system. The final spatial suitability map showed there were suitable areas mostly located in the north shore of the dam reservoir close to the current location of the village and the Kaaj village can be moved to these areas.

Keywords

Village Locating Criteria

Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques

TOPSIS

Ardal (County)

Iran

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