Site Selection for Temporary Housing after Earthquake in Kerman City Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods
Subject Areas : محاسبات نرم در علوم مهندسیShahram Ariafar 1 , Fatemeh Shojaei 2
1 - Department of industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
2 - Department of industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Keywords: Crisis management, TOPSIS, VIKOR, AHP,
Abstract :
Worldwide every year, many people lose their lives and their homes due to natural disasters. Providing appropriate places for establishment of relief centers and resettling displaced people after an earthquake is one of the most important things in planning and crisis management. In this article, the city of Kerman has been selected and studied due to its high earthquake potential, in order to locate temporary settlements for the population affected by a possible earthquake. To do so, initially, three potential sites for temporary accommodation and effective criteria to rank them were identified. Afterward, the weights of the criterion were determined using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and finally, sites were prioritized using TOPSIS and VIKOR methods. Based on the results access to main routes, access to rescue centers, the possibility of installing infrastructure facilities, and the size of the selected site gained respectively the most to least weights. Further, among suggested locations, Madar Park was ranked first.