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1 - Analysis of factors affecting the location of smart facilities in iran water and wastewater industry
majid kalantari Jalal Haghighat monfared Mohammad ali KeramatiDespite the focus on smart management systems in the water and wastewater sector of Iran, little attention has been paid to the operational objectives and the prerequisites of their implementation. Furthermore, despite the huge investments made, the neglect of this issu MoreDespite the focus on smart management systems in the water and wastewater sector of Iran, little attention has been paid to the operational objectives and the prerequisites of their implementation. Furthermore, despite the huge investments made, the neglect of this issue has undermined their effectiveness. Accordingly, In order to analyze the factors affecting the location of smart water and wastewater facilities, this research has been done from the perspective of their establishment requirements. After reviewing the available documentation, Interviewing, Thematic analysis, Focus group formation and Thematic network design, in the second step, to check the validity of the themes, questionnaire design, Sample size and Normality test, KMO coefficient, Bartlett's Spear test, Factor Analysis and goodness-of-fit tests were used to identify the factors affecting the location of smart facilities and finally, Factor loading were used to rank the measurable variables.The results show that the latent variable of smart water management mystem deployment prerequisites is more effective than the latent variable of deployment goals of the mentioned system. option "Have a proper implementation strategy" of the components required to deploy the smart water system has the most impact and "Smart distribution network management" of the deployment goals variables have the most impact on the implementation of smart facilities in the water and wastewater industry. Manuscript profile -
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2 - Large-Scale Park Site Selection for Urban Centers Using Three-Stage Analytic Hierarchy/Network Process (case study: region 8 of Shiraz city)
Alireza Pakfetrat Masoud Taghvaei Asghar ZarrabiThe central area of any cities is of critical importance in the process of urban sustainable development. Diversity of land uses is an inevitable characteristic of a lively and dynamic urban center. These various land uses should support each other and need to be locate MoreThe central area of any cities is of critical importance in the process of urban sustainable development. Diversity of land uses is an inevitable characteristic of a lively and dynamic urban center. These various land uses should support each other and need to be located in appropriate locations. In urban centers with different activities, public green spaces underpin urban sustainability and increase quality of life. In fact, nowadays there is an increased need for qualified and well-located public green spaces, in particular parks, in these areas. Therefore, green space site planning is amongst the most important of all management decisions for environmental and urban planners in a city. Reliable site planning is indispensable to the decision-making processes involved in developing urban green spaces supporting sustainable development. If making the decision reflects on a rationale based on proper information and research, then a higher level of community satisfaction is expected. In fact, if an appropriate site is selected based on a comprehensive integrated approach which considers all feasible effects, most of citizens' aspirations will be fulfilled. However, the multi-criteria nature of site selection for such spaces makes this issue so much complicated that it cannot be resolved using conventional managerial methods and tools. Considering the multidimensional structure (like social, economic, environmental, ecological or planning dimensions) and multi-functionality (such as utilization, employment, preservation, etc.) of green spaces, green space site planning is a decision under a variety of factors and can be viewed as a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem. Therefore, with reference to the use of multi-criteria decision-making process for urban green space optimum site planning along with a more sustainable development path, a very important role is played by the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and by its generalization to feedback networks, the Analytic Network Process (ANP). In addition to AHP and ANP approaches, which are both comprehensive to harmonize and deal with different aspects of sustainable urban green space site planning, GIS is also best suited for handling a wide range of criteria data at multi-spatial, multi-temporal and multi-scale from different sources for a multi-criteria analysis. Finally, from the viewpoint of all the above approaches and their benefits, this article studies the development of urban green spaces in the central area of Shiraz metropolitan area, Iran based on a comparison of different sites by developing a decision support system using a three-stage procedure based on integrated GIS Analytic/Hierarchy Process. Moreover, in order to select the alternatives, the methods of analytical hierarchy process and analytic network process have been comparatively studied. The results indicate that the models would yield the same output; however, the analytic network process works more on efficiently for this purpose. Overall, empirical findings indicate that the research approach can be used for future sustainable development in establishing standard decision-making procedures in urban green planning and management. Therefore, urban planners and managers can use this research result for choosing a more comprehensive mathematical tool for complex decision and rational judgment around the selection of land use location choices. Manuscript profile -
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3 - Ecological potential evaluation of the Kabgian basin for aquaculture
Zeynab Mehrabi Soheil Sobhan Ardakani Lima TayebiGrowth of population and economic-social needs of human being led to impressive growth of industries including aquaculture as an important source of protein needs in recent decades. This development which is usually associated with lack of environmental impact studies l MoreGrowth of population and economic-social needs of human being led to impressive growth of industries including aquaculture as an important source of protein needs in recent decades. This development which is usually associated with lack of environmental impact studies leads to environmental degradation in many countries. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluation of ecological potential of Kabgian basin for aquaculture. In so doing, texture, depth and erosion of soil, slope, temperature, pH and water flow, stone, sensitive habitats, protected areas, conservation value of species and ArcGIS 10.2 according to 'Makhdoum Aquaculture Model' were used for site selection of fish farming ponds along the Kabgian River. The results showed that from 192 ha extent of the study area, 78.7 ha in the vicinity of Botari village was suitable for the development of aquaculture industry. As regards spatial distribution of fish farming ponds along the Kabgian River is not in a good condition and just focused on a specific part of the river, therefore, self purification potential of river will be decreased. So to reduce of environmental impacts of aquaculture on the water quality of Kabgian River, move the fish farming ponds to suitable areas for aquaculture development is recommended. Manuscript profile -
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4 - Prioritizing watershed for gabion check dams building by spatial multi-criteria analysis (SMCE), in Hasanrobat Esfahan
Ali Akbar Jamali Abolfazl Rahimabadi Nasim Zerang Arash RahmatianThe watershed of Hassanrobat which is located in Meimeh in Isfahan province, is studied in current research in order to construct Gabion Dams. Experts suggest the location of dams' in water channels based on economical reasons as a priority for locating dam. Spatial Mul MoreThe watershed of Hassanrobat which is located in Meimeh in Isfahan province, is studied in current research in order to construct Gabion Dams. Experts suggest the location of dams' in water channels based on economical reasons as a priority for locating dam. Spatial Multi Criteria Evaluation is employed to determine critical position of the dam in watershed area. All the maps of key factors divided into two groups and were entered the SMCE as limitation factors. Therefore it is needed to standardize the factors such as slope and rainfall with fuzzy model. However, other ones (vegetation, roads, villages, springs and wells) standardized by Cast method. The two remaining maps: land use and geology standardized based on experts suggestion. Eventually, weighted the factors of first group while, the second group are weighted by hierarchy in order to product of the final map that show the priorities to construct Gabion dams in the region. Obviously, natural factors affect the final choice as well as economy of the region. This study proposes mentioned location to related planners since soil erosion would significantly decrease after dam constructed. Manuscript profile -
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5 - Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Location of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Case Study: Hidaj City (Zanjan Province) Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Location of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Case Study: Hidaj City (Zanjan Province) Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Location of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Case Study: Hidaj City (Zanjan Province)
Younes Khosravi Abdolhossein Parizanganeh Mi Ali Asgha Mokhtari Khadije SalehiBackground and Objective: The high rapid urbanization, unappropriated patterns of consumption, changes in living standards and diversity of productions are the main factors of increasing of waste generation and changes in the composition of wastes that cause many proble MoreBackground and Objective: The high rapid urbanization, unappropriated patterns of consumption, changes in living standards and diversity of productions are the main factors of increasing of waste generation and changes in the composition of wastes that cause many problems in the environment. Accordingly, selecting a suitable site for landfill can prevent their adverse environmental impacts. Materials and Methods: This investigation is an applied research using descriptive-analytical methods and was aimed to determine appropriate location for waste landfilling of Hidaj city in Zanjan province. For this purpose, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and ArcGIS 10.3 software were used. Accordingly, and given the required parameters for choosing the optimum site that have an important role in site selection, weighting using hierarchical method was performed and thereafter the layers were overlaid and the optimum sites were identified. Results: According to the results, the suitable area for landfill was diagnosed in the eastern part of the Hidaj city. The required area of land for landfill was determined based on the average rate of population growth, density of generated waste, volume of waste mass, and the average per capita of waste generation in the study area. Discussion and Conclusion: The results showed that the selected area likely has high potential for landfilling of municipal solid wastes of Hidaj for the next 20-year period. Manuscript profile -
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6 - Industrial Zoning with AHP & Weighted Overlay in Hamedan Province (Case Study: Petroleum Industry)
Behnam Sadeghi maryam kiyani مهرداد چراغیBackground and Objectives: Petrochemical Industry development and attention to environmental issues as well as the sustainable use of all means possible to locate the optimal area of land is one of the important issues in recent years, has been the focus of environmenta MoreBackground and Objectives: Petrochemical Industry development and attention to environmental issues as well as the sustainable use of all means possible to locate the optimal area of land is one of the important issues in recent years, has been the focus of environmental management. The present study aims to assess the area and zoning with the appropriate username and petrochemical industries, in order to plan and create a regional balance, according to the capabilities and environmental conditions suitable to locate the user's industry. Method of study: In this study, the ecological and Non-ecological parameters necessary for analysis, to weighting these factors using a hierarchical analysis process was action. Then The nineteenth-layer information (land use, slope, hydrology, aspect, elevation, climate, soil aggregation, soil depth, soil erosion, distance from the airport, away from the cities, away from the villages, away from roads and highways ,away from the dams and lagoons, away from protected areas, distance to industry, distance from fault, distance from the power lines, the distance from the gas and oil pipelines), in the GIS, the methodology, the weighted overlay was analyzed. Results: The results of this study, it suggests that the north and west Province (Kabudarahang, Famenin, Razan and Asadabad), In terms of ecological properties, the ratio has been better and should be the first priority planning. Discussion and conclusion: Therefore, if industrial development, budget and facilities are available at the optimum, can be used to plan for the future development of the industry in these cities act. The results of this research will help policy-makers and decision-makers so that they can be based on a more detailed plan. The results show that two AHP and Weighted overlay in the GIS in zoning of industry is capable performance that corresponded with research in other areas. Manuscript profile -
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7 - Site selection of wind farms in Semnan province by using AHP method
Hasan Rezaei mokhtar karami Fahimeh ShakeriBackground and Objective: Limited fossil energy source and increase of energy demand is always pushed man to search for new energy sources as replacement. In this case the winds always have a special place in the new generation of energy sources. Semnan province with fa MoreBackground and Objective: Limited fossil energy source and increase of energy demand is always pushed man to search for new energy sources as replacement. In this case the winds always have a special place in the new generation of energy sources. Semnan province with favourable topographical and relativity suitable situation is one of the best places for building a wind farm. Method: Therefore, in this research different criteria and sub criteria have been used to identify the suitable location for building wind farms in Semnan province, As the importance of information fusion, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method were employed for weighting the layers and the Expert Choice software implemented for this purpose. The Arc GIS program has been used for special analyses and overlapping of layers. After the analysis of information, according to the capacity of building wind farms, province of Semnan has been divided to four parts of great, good, normal and weak. Findings: At last, it is indicated that Geographic Information System as a Supportive Decision making system can be practical both in preparing of data and designing the priorities and giving expert's ideas dealing with different factors and also help the designers to select the proper location for the wind farms. Discussion and Conclusion: In this research, three regions have been determined, considering priority of overlaying and limitation of land and places, survey of priority area also considering the climate condition and personal observation have been determined that this places are Damghan, Nothwestern of Garmsar and and some part of eastern Shahroud. Manuscript profile -
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8 - Suitable Site Priority to Establish of Urban Nuisance Industries Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis and Mathematical Programming Models
satar soltanian Ehsan Rahimi Ali Salarvand Mojtaba JahandidehBackground and Objective: Rapid and heterogeneous urban growth and also imbalance between urban environment and urbanism culture have caused many problems. Some of these problems that caused by occupations and urban industries affected on urban fabric, social stratifica MoreBackground and Objective: Rapid and heterogeneous urban growth and also imbalance between urban environment and urbanism culture have caused many problems. Some of these problems that caused by occupations and urban industries affected on urban fabric, social stratification and citizen life directly and indirectly. In order to protect human health and urban environment all of the disturbing industries should be transmitted on suitable sites. In this regard, choosing the best site in the urban landscape is a very important issue. Indeed, this study is done to select suitable site for Azna nuisance industries. Method: In this research, after standardizing the layers and preparing the constraint maps, the weighted linear composition method was used to combine them. In order to determine the most suitable area, the competency approach of land areas was used and all patches with values higher than 200 and further than 5 hectares were identified. Finally, 15 zones were obtained, which were prioritized using mathematical programming and 5 factors of distance from the city center, road, nearest village, area of zones and average value of competencies. Finding: The results showed that the 10th and 2nd patches are most suitable site to establish urban nuisance industries respectively. Discussion and Conclusion: Overall, it can be concluded that simply determining the appropriate zones is not enough to transfer industries, but determining the best zone and also prioritizing other zones is of special importance that can help managers in choosing the most appropriate zone. Manuscript profile -
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9 - Landfill site selection for urban wastes using Analytic Hierarchy Process and Leopold matrix methods (Case Study: Malekan city)
Ghodrat Barzegari Alireza Esmaeili Ebrahim Asghari KaljahiBackground and Objective: Uncontrolled urban expansion in country cause to increasing of waste production in the cities and became to an important issue despite the progress of science and technology. The purpose of this study is to investigate and select a suitable loc MoreBackground and Objective: Uncontrolled urban expansion in country cause to increasing of waste production in the cities and became to an important issue despite the progress of science and technology. The purpose of this study is to investigate and select a suitable location for landfill in Malekan city. Method: In this study, the required criteria including lithology, land use, vegetation, soil characteristics, topography (slope), distances from urban areas and away from the main road, the main and secondary canals, residential areas, wells and aqueducts, faults have been identified and collected. To form a pair wise comparison matrix and the weight of information layers determined by using of the Expert Choice 11 software and analytic hierarchy process. Then the appropriate zones have been modeled by overlaying of different layers in GIS media. Findings: It was found that the current waste disposal site of Malekan city does not have sufficient conditions for waste disposal and in order to select a suitable location, in addition to addressing the impact of the included criteria, it is necessary to use field visits and environmental assessments to finally select the most suitable place for landfilling. Discussion and Conclusion: As a result, 8 zones have been selected that 4 of them were eliminated based on field visits. Finally in order to planning of the studied area waste, the candidate zones were evaluated by the Leopold matrix and finally the zone number 4 located on the east of Qalejogh village has been selected as a best location for landfill of Malekan urban waste. Manuscript profile -
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10 - Landfill Site Selection of Construction and Demolition Wastes Using GIS and AHP Method (A Case Study of Hamedan City)
Fateme Jafari Nobakht Mehrdad Cheraghi Bahareh LorestaniBackground and Objectives: Population growth, urban development, and increased human activities will bring various outcomes, including the production and accumulation of waste, followed by environmental pollution. In developing countries, construction waste accounts for MoreBackground and Objectives: Population growth, urban development, and increased human activities will bring various outcomes, including the production and accumulation of waste, followed by environmental pollution. In developing countries, construction waste accounts for a large proportion of municipal waste, which in addition to the high cost of disposal, also has adverse effects on the environment. Because construction debris takes up a lot of space due to its bulk, disposing of it in landfills reduces the useful life of these areas and it is necessary to find a new place to bury construction debris. Method: Searching for a new landfill is a complex and time consuming process and requires a capable and efficient system, as using GIS and combining different layers of information and considering environmental, social and economic criteria, the most suitable landfill can be found. Located a building. In the present study, 16 criteria (slope, land use, residential, commercial and industrial centers, villages, roads (including 3 layers of highways, main roads and side roads), water (including 6 layers of wells, springs, aqueducts, Rivers, dams and waterways), antiquities, airport runways and mines) are involved in the location process, so that privacy and distance maps are prepared first ,then, in order to achieve more reliability, scoring the classes or parameter intervals was done in three ways. Criteria were weighted using Expert Choice software and hierarchical analysis (AHP). Findings: The results of the three types of scoring to multi-criteria analysis showed that there were significant differences in the results of different methods of scoring. Discussion and Conclusions: The results of combining 16 parameters involved in site selection in software Arc GIS9.3 showed that the appropriate zones for construction and demolition wastes buried in Hamadan, often are located in a 90-degree slice. Manuscript profile -
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11 - Hazardous Waste Landfill Site Selection by MCDM and GIS (Case Study: Lorestan Provience)
Vali Chegini Maryam Kiani Sadr Mehrdad CheraghiBackground and Objective: Hazardous waste management is one of the most important issues of today. Failure to pay attention to proper planning and management can cause surface, groundwater, soil and air pollution on a large scale. On the other hand, more attention to en MoreBackground and Objective: Hazardous waste management is one of the most important issues of today. Failure to pay attention to proper planning and management can cause surface, groundwater, soil and air pollution on a large scale. On the other hand, more attention to environmental criteria in national macro-planning has led to the creation of a scientific attitude to bury hazardous waste by selecting suitable landfills for these materials, which lack of attention and observance of scientific and biological principles have polluted water, soil, air and endangered the health of humans and other living organisms. The purpose of this study is to locate hazardous waste landfills using multi-criteria decision making and GIS methods.Material and Methodology: In this research, using the Delphi method to determine the criteria and ANP, TOPSIS and GIS software, a suitable place for landfilling in Lorestan province (for which no landfill has been considered so far) has been specified.Findings: The area of the city of Azna, Aligudarz, Kuhdasht and Poldokhtar as the best place for special waste landfill in the province were introduced.Discussion and Conclusion: The results show that two TOPSIS and AHP in the GIS in locating many landfills is capable to perform that corresponded with research in other areas. Manuscript profile -
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12 - Site selection for construction and demolition waste management facilities using GIS & FVIKOR (Case Study: Karaj)
Zahra Hasannezhad Saeid MehrabianBackground and Objective: Selecting a suitable site for construction and demolition waste management facilities, is one of the critical decision-making issues, which requires a comprehensive evaluation. The high amount of construction and demolition waste produced MoreBackground and Objective: Selecting a suitable site for construction and demolition waste management facilities, is one of the critical decision-making issues, which requires a comprehensive evaluation. The high amount of construction and demolition waste produced compared to the total production of waste makes it absolutely necessary to determine suitable sites for landfilling this type of waste. The objective of this study is to present the methodology to select a suitable site for this kind of waste.Material and Methodology: There are three steps in evaluating the sites in this research. In the first step, after determining the effective factors and determining their weight by the Eigenvector Method and hierarchically, the studied areas were evaluated with 28 criteria in a fuzzy method by geographic information system (GIS). In the second step, the suggested areas by GIS, by 7 other criteria were rated by the use of FVIKOR and the score of each area was found. In the third step Final rating of sites were done by two criteria (the achieved scores of GIS and the achieved scores of the FVIKOR method).Findings The final weight of evaluation criteria by GIS and FVIKOR methods was 0.86 and 0.14, respectively, and 21 places were ranked in three steps.Discussion and Conclusion: The approach used in this study is using (GIS) and fuzzy logic, considering the weight and relative importance of each criterion and use a suitable method for rating that increases accuracy and reliability of assessment. Manuscript profile -
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13 - Site selection for a combined-cycle power plant using Fuzzy AHP and OWA method (Case study: Qazvin Province)
Somayeh Alizadeh Fatemeh Sadat Alavipoor Saeed Karimi Jabar KhalediAbstract Background and Objective: Considering the effects of power plants locations on society, economy and environment, it is important to choose a suitable site for this facility. In order to find a suitable location for the construction of combined-cycle power plant MoreAbstract Background and Objective: Considering the effects of power plants locations on society, economy and environment, it is important to choose a suitable site for this facility. In order to find a suitable location for the construction of combined-cycle power plant, GIS can effectively provide a combination of the required information for site selection. This study aims to identify the most important factors in determining the appropriate place for the construction of combined-cycle power plants. The role and influence of each factor (distance from access roads, altitude, slope of the land, distance from the earthquake-prone areas, distance from surface water resources and distance of the fault lines) are also determined. Method: Using fuzzy membership functions, the standardized criteria maps were created in GIS based on the nature and role of these factors in the site selection. First, it was necessary to multiply these layers to their weights based on their priorities for combination of the criteria. Fuzzy AHP was used for this purpose. Finally, Ordered Weighted Averaging was used to overlay and combine the layers. Findings: The results indicate that the northwestern part of Qazvin province is inappropriate for the intended purpose and eastern and southeast parts of the study area are forecasted. Discussion and Conclusion: Since the risk level of making decision is controlled at high, low or intermediate in combination of the layers by this method, the application of the results of this method will be acceptable, making decisions based on this method will have less uncertainty and the results of this method can be used with more confidence. Manuscript profile -
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14 - Feasibility of Common Landfill Establishment in Khomeynishahr City and its Adjacent Cities Using Fuzzy Logic and AHP
Afsaneh Afzali Ali Faghihi-ZarandiAbstract Background and Objective: Nowadays, landfill method is used as the last strategy in the integrated solid waste management hierarchy. It is more common and has lower costs than other sanitary disposal methods. Selecting the suitable landfill site can prevent the MoreAbstract Background and Objective: Nowadays, landfill method is used as the last strategy in the integrated solid waste management hierarchy. It is more common and has lower costs than other sanitary disposal methods. Selecting the suitable landfill site can prevent the inappropriate ecological and socio-economical effects. Landfill site selection requires the analysis of spatial data, regulations and accepted criteria. The main objective of this study is to determine the suitable common municipal solid waste landfill site for Khomeynishahr and its 6 adjacent cities. For this purpose, the multi criteria evaluation method, GIS and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) were used to evaluate the suitability of appropriate landfill site by emphasizing on regional vision. Method: Different information layers related to the maps of the study area were provided and superposed using both the Boolean and fuzzy methods (classification of suitable areas in the valued range of 0 to 255) in the GIS environment. The AHP was used for weighing the information layers. Findings: After the necessary analysis, the proposed suitable landfill sites with an area of less than 1% were defined in 5 regions and in central parts of the study area. Conclusion: The results obtained from this study can be used as the first priority to help the decision makers in suitable landfill site selection. Manuscript profile -
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15 - Environmental Capability Evaluation in Order to Select Nuclear Power Plant Site with Boolean-Fuzzy Logic Combination (Case Study: The Sahar Khiz Region of Gilan Province)
Mojtaba Barzehkar Naghmeh Mobarghaee Amir Salemi Hassan RamezaniBackground and Objective: Environmental capability evaluation in order to select nuclear power plant site with observance of International Atomic Energy Agency requirements and in the framework of land use planning is a very important factor to achieve sustainable devel MoreBackground and Objective: Environmental capability evaluation in order to select nuclear power plant site with observance of International Atomic Energy Agency requirements and in the framework of land use planning is a very important factor to achieve sustainable development. Precise evaluation of environmental capability will prepare the establishment of nuclear power plants in the coastal areas according to ecological and socio-economic considerations. The major purpose of this research is evaluation of environmental capability for nuclear power plant site selection in the Sahar Khiz region of Guilan province using Boolean-Fuzzy logic combination method based on the weighted linear combination (WLC) in Geographic information system environment. Method: At the first step investigating with the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear power plant site selection criteria were identified. Then, all the layers of ecological and socio-economical aspects were entered into the Geographic Information System Environment and then the layers were standardized. In the next stage, the Analytical hierarchy process, based on the paire comparison, for weighting of layers were utilized. Finally all the ecological and socioeconomic layers were combined by Boolean-fuzzy logic based on the weighted linear combination. Findings: After combining the ecological and socio-economical layers, it was determined that the total area of Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province is inappropriate for nuclear power plant site selection. Discussion and Conclusion: According to the International Atomic Energy Agency and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement, the results demonstrate the environment capability evaluation for nuclear power plant site selection inthe Sahar Khiz region of Gilan province based on Boolean-Fuzzy logic method and based on the weighted linear combination (WLC), has higher flexibility and higher accuracy comparing with the Boolean logic method. Manuscript profile -
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16 - Sitting Industries with Weighted Linear Combination Methodology in a GIS Environment in Great Isfahan Region
Marzieh Reisi Alireza Soffianian Hamidreza GhodosiThe location of industrial area is a key factor in regional planning because this kind of decision haslarge social, economical and environmental impacts on any land. Location decision makers mustconsider a wide range of factors in order to coordinate socio-economic bene MoreThe location of industrial area is a key factor in regional planning because this kind of decision haslarge social, economical and environmental impacts on any land. Location decision makers mustconsider a wide range of factors in order to coordinate socio-economic benefits and environmentalsustainability. Isfahan is one of the most important industrial centers in Iran and because of largeindustrial development in this region industrial construction is limited to 50 Km radius around Isfahancity. The present paper describes a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) method, calledWeighted Linear Combination in GIS environment to evaluate the suitability of 50 Km radius aroundIsfahan for industrial establishment. At first by literature review and obtaining standards, industrialsite selection criteria are defined. The relative importance weights of criteria estimated usingAnalytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and pair-wise comparisons. Finally all criteria layers areaggregated by WLC. After the elimination of sites which do not have enough area for industries, 4suitable patches for industrial construction are found Manuscript profile -
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17 - Hazardous Wastes Landfill Site Selection Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in Zanjan Province
Mehdi Boroumandi Mashalah Khamehchyian Mohammad Reza NikoudelRecently, hazardous waste management is a major issue through the world due to increasing ofhazardous wastes in countries. According to numerous industrial units, Zanjan province needs aneffective managing method for hazardous wastes. Landfilling is the most common meth MoreRecently, hazardous waste management is a major issue through the world due to increasing ofhazardous wastes in countries. According to numerous industrial units, Zanjan province needs aneffective managing method for hazardous wastes. Landfilling is the most common method used tohazardous waste management. Determining of optimum location with considering minimumenvironmental risks and cost effective methods are the scope of this paper. The used method in thispaper is combination of geographic Information System (GIS) and multiple criteria Analysis (MCA).Because of several influencing parameters in landfill site selection, using MCA is necessary. A twosteps method of landfill site was done, including elimination exclusionary areas and calculationsuitability index. In order to determine weights of effective parameters, Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) was applied. Simple additive weight method was used for determination of suitability indexand evaluation of study area for hazardous waste landfill. Finally regions with high suitability indexwere suggested for hazardous waste landfills in Zanjan province. Manuscript profile -
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18 - Site selection for establishing a mill producing fluting paper from agriculture wastes using AHP (Case study: Mazandaran province)
Abdollah Barimani Ali Gasemian Majid Azizi Majid ZabizadehBackground and Objective: Appropriate location plays a significant role for a plant to remain competitive in the market. It should be chosen in a way that the strategical advantage over rival plants is achievable. This paper aims to select an optimum site for a mill pro MoreBackground and Objective: Appropriate location plays a significant role for a plant to remain competitive in the market. It should be chosen in a way that the strategical advantage over rival plants is achievable. This paper aims to select an optimum site for a mill producing fluting paper from agricultural residue using hierarchical analysis process. Method: After the necessary studies, the factors affecting site selection for fluting paper mill in Mazandaran province were identified, and criteria and sub-criteria hierarchy was designed based on profit and loss. Finally, weight value of each of them was determined through Expert Choice software using questionnaires and date analysis. Final priority ranking of the alternatives was performed based on the ratio of benefits to cost (B/C) to choose the best alternative from eastern, western and central parts of Mazandaran. Findings: Results showed that material and production, economic and infrastructure were respectively the best criteria. Moreover, the sub-criteria related to raw material were found to be the most effective factor. Conclusion: The results indicate the highest ratio of benefits to costs for the eastern part of Mazandaran which is, as a result, the best location for establishing a mill producing fluting paper from agricultural residues in the province. Manuscript profile -
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19 - Environmental Evaluation of Existing Solid Waste landfill of Semnan in the basis of Site Selection Criteria
Niloofar Abedinzadeh Fatemeh GhanbariIntroduction: Today by increasing the urbanization in bid cities and increasing solid waste percapita for industrialization of societies, waste collection and disposal have hanged to one of the most important issues in municipal solid waste management. Solid waste landf MoreIntroduction: Today by increasing the urbanization in bid cities and increasing solid waste percapita for industrialization of societies, waste collection and disposal have hanged to one of the most important issues in municipal solid waste management. Solid waste landfills have adverse impacts on environment. These impacts will intensify more when landfill sites have chosen without any site selection processes. Therefore it is essential usage of current evaluation techniques for identification of adverse impacts and offer approaches in order to diminishing negative impacts. Methods and materials: Many difference parameters and criteria are used for site selecting and evaluating of landfills. In this study, the landfill of Semnan have been evaluated by using data from slope, topography, land use, soil type and ground water maps via three current methods of evaluating of landfills. Results: This site is classified in good category in Oleckno method, acceptable category by using Monavari method and it is placed in better score range by applying Drastic method. Conclousion: Despite this site has chosen without site selection process, it locates in suitable position. According to this study, it is necessary to attend engineering action and design and landfill management. Manuscript profile -
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20 - Necessity of selecting the optimum model for urban landfills site selection in line with land use planning and sustainable development
Talieh Abdolkhani Nejhad Seyed Mosood Monavvari Saeed ZareieBackground and Objective: Landfill site selection is essential in urban development plans. Sustainable development can mean the identification of the unique characteristics and assets of a region which highlights the advantages of each region and leads the regional bene MoreBackground and Objective: Landfill site selection is essential in urban development plans. Sustainable development can mean the identification of the unique characteristics and assets of a region which highlights the advantages of each region and leads the regional beneficiaries and resources to the perspective emerging from land use planning. Therefore, the environmental baseline studies based on GIS technology and other models related to spatial data analysis for identification of the area, could be seriously addressed. Natural landscape referes to usefulness of human activities in the nature, especially in the areas which are covered with plants or artificially drawn, On the other hand study of urban landfills from natural landscape view has a very important effect on landfill site selection, This seeks to find the optimum model for urban landfill site selection in line with land use and sustainable development. Methods: In this study, the landfill in Bushehr was visted and features such as the spacing of wells, residential communities, industrial facilities, access roads, airports, historical and religious centers, areas of biological importance, hunting and habitat zones for birds, geographic coordinates, wind, topography, geology, land use, soil, watercourse, groundwater depth, floodplain, surface water and slope were studied. After the necessary processing using the software area maps were prepared. The obtained map was transferred to Arc GIS software. The maps with Clip functions related to the intended zone were extracted for all the digital files. The basic maps in, 9/2 Arc GIS were determined in the study area using Buffer function, after classification and finally overlaying each maps, the finalized, was obtained. The final map was prepared according to the classification table with three values of poor, average and good. Results: The results showed that the study area is 57% suitable, 40% poor and 3 % average in terms of spatial planning and sustainable development criteria. According to population growth in Bushehr city, the amount of waste production in a 20-year horizon (2009-2026) of the area required for sanitry landfilling in the study area was calculated 1176261/2 hectare. Knowing landfill has an area of 2 hectare, it was revealed that the place does not meet the needs for 20 years. Manuscript profile -
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21 - Comparison of Results from the Methods of Locating Suitable Spaces for Tourism Site design Using Pralong and TOPSIS (Case study: Shamrood Basin)
Shiva Baharestani Mohsen Kafi Hassan DarabiBackground and Objective: Recreation in the areas and parks outside the city has become a need for citizens. Therefore, the identification, selection, analysis and desigining of tourism sites outside the cities is necessary. Variety of methods yet have been innovated fo MoreBackground and Objective: Recreation in the areas and parks outside the city has become a need for citizens. Therefore, the identification, selection, analysis and desigining of tourism sites outside the cities is necessary. Variety of methods yet have been innovated for site identification. The main question is that: are the result from different methods similar in the calculation process? The gole of this paper is to analyze the results of Pralong and TOPSIS methods in order to evaluate the capabilities of tourism sites. Method: First, the capability of tourism sites posisioned by the Shamrud was analysed. Then, these sites have been analysed using two methods of Pralong and TOPSIS and final site has been chosen. At the end these two methods were compared. Results: The whole results for choosing the final site were found to be similar. Also, the TOPSIS method reflected the differences between sites more intense than the Pralong method and finally both methods reached a similar choice that was equal with people choice. Conclusion: Combining Pralong and TOPSIS models to achieve applicable decisions will offer better results. Also, from the zones specified in the Shamrood riverbank zone, zone number 4 was selected as the best tourism site for designing Manuscript profile -
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22 - Landfill sites site selection using fuzzy logic in GIS and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchical Model (FAHP)(case study: minoodasht city)
Mohamad Javad Amiri Vahid Nikzad Yasser Moarab Negar ForoughiBackground and Aim: An appropriate urban landfill site selection prevents environmental issues in cities. The study aimed to identify suitable sites for landfill site selection based on an estimated population of 20 years and the area required for landfill sites in Mino MoreBackground and Aim: An appropriate urban landfill site selection prevents environmental issues in cities. The study aimed to identify suitable sites for landfill site selection based on an estimated population of 20 years and the area required for landfill sites in Minoodasht city by using Fuzzy logic model in GIS and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchical (FAHP) . Methods: Selecting a suitable site for landfill requires several factors which using spatial data and its integration with other planning and management activities is necessary according to the complexity of affecting factors in site selection. For this purpose deployment of the integrated Geographic Information Systems (GIS)and multi-criteria decision-making methods (MCDM) are the perfect tools for landfill site selection. Findings: The present study focuses on using many data layers including ; Distance from roads، elevation، slope، land use، precipitation، distance from faults، distance from surface waters، distance from protected areas، geology and Distance from city and villages for an appropriate landfill sites site selection of minoodasht city. the maps of each data layer ، standardized in IDRISI software and were prepared in the form of Fuzzy Then، in order to integrate the layers، Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) and GIS were applied. Result: Ultimately the final maps performed by applying 5 operators of fuzzy Gamma، Fuzzy Product، Fuzzy AND ، Fuzzy OR and Fuzzy SUM. Then، suitable landfill site selection maps were chosen and each of them classified to four categories of: suitable، average، weak and very weak. And suitable category became dappling. Methods which their Spots area were less than required area of landfill were excluded. Finally (AND)، (GAMMA) methods with 0.9 number، determined a suitable landfill site for a period of 20-years. Manuscript profile -
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23 - Investigation on Thresholds of Criteria Affecting Site Selection of Municipal Landfills
Akram Bemani Mahdi Mozaiffar Malihe ErfaniBackground Objective: Solid waste landfill site selection requires proper studies and management practices, and many criteria affect the site selection of suitable landfill, not paying attention to them can cause severe environmental pollution and harm to humans. Severa MoreBackground Objective: Solid waste landfill site selection requires proper studies and management practices, and many criteria affect the site selection of suitable landfill, not paying attention to them can cause severe environmental pollution and harm to humans. Several criteria have been proposed to select the appropriate site for landfill, each of them cause specific restrictions and requirements for location. In other words, each criterion is based on scientific fields, so that such studies have found multidimensional identity and interdisciplinary structure. Methods and materials: In this study, the most important criteria affecting the landfill site selection based on lecture review and study of various guidelines have been identified. In this study, in addition to introducing these criteria, the importance of each of the mentioned criteria in the site selection of municipal landfill is discussed. For all these criteria, numerical values of appropriate thresholds were also investigated in different studies. Results: Some of the most important criteria are slope, bedrock, faults, distance from surface water sources, depth of groundwater, dominant wind, rainfall, protected areas, distance from urban and rural settlements, land use, distance from road network. Locations and distance from historical and ancient centers. Discussion: Due to the lack of a coherent study on the importance of criteria and thresholds, this study could be used as a model for landfill site selection considering the environmental characteristics of the area by researchers and decision makers. Manuscript profile -
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24 - Prioritize Depot Wood Locations in Forest Using Hierarchical Analysis
Zahra Azizi Hamdolah SadeghiBackground and Objective: One of the challenges facing the managers and planners of forest selection and prioritization of suitable locations for various uses. The purpose of this study was prioritized the appropriate places in the timber depot of the Lireh Sar basin of MoreBackground and Objective: One of the challenges facing the managers and planners of forest selection and prioritization of suitable locations for various uses. The purpose of this study was prioritized the appropriate places in the timber depot of the Lireh Sar basin of Mazandaran province. Method: For this purpose, the options were chosen with at least the requirements for timber depot. In the second step of the selection criteria were specified for timber landing. These criteria include: slope, stand type and the canopy density. In the third step weighting was performed criteria using the analytic hierarchy process and expert opinion. Finally, the rate of adjustment of regions of interest was prioritized. Results: The study measures the standing volume of forest stands adjacent to the depot highest weights (0/575) have been allocated. Among the 6 choice, choices 3 with a standing volume of 300- 400, crown density slope at the depot 50-25% and 10.5% were identified as the best option to construction landing. Conclusion: The results of the weighting of the criteria showed the volume of the forest stands near the depot is the most important. Harvesting of forest stands with high volume requires the existence of wood depots and warehouses in the closest point to the forest stands. Manuscript profile -
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25 - Landfill Site Selection for Municipal Wastes by GIS Software and Fuzzy Model (Case Study: Rafsanjan City)
mahdieh rajaee nezhad mohammad rezvani Farahnaz RashidiDevelopment of cities and increase in population growth, have been caused to produce the different municipal wastes. Base on hazardous environmental effect of landfill, site selection for landfill should be done carefully and in a scientific process. The different MoreDevelopment of cities and increase in population growth, have been caused to produce the different municipal wastes. Base on hazardous environmental effect of landfill, site selection for landfill should be done carefully and in a scientific process. The different parameters are involved in site selection of landfill that whichever have particular importance and case restriction in the selection. The goal of this study is choosing the most suitable site that has the least environmental adverse impacts. This study is done by using GIS software and Fuzzy model .At first, important factors in site selection for landfill were identified. Then , nineteen layers were digitized and weighted , such as: as soil characteristics , geological characteristics , surface water, depth of groundwater ,distance from urban centers , distance from fault, access roads , height floor , slope , vegetation coverage,... layers by using fuzzy model were combined and the best site for Rafsanjan landfill was selected . In this study, the suitable areas are located at the north and Northern-western of the city. The result of this paper indicate that using GIS software and fuzzy model in site selection offer this chance to the decision maker to insert more important subjects which have greater role in site selection . Therefore, using Fuzzy model is suitable for this kind of studies. Manuscript profile -
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26 - Presenting a decision–making model for landfill site selection geology using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) emphacis (case study : landfill of Semnan Industrial Town)
saeid Kamyabi babak ghotbooie Morteza hasanabadiThe various criteria and parameters are involved in site selection of landfill that whichever have particular importance and cause restrictions in the selection. The final goal of these criteria are choosing the most suitable site that has the least environmental advers MoreThe various criteria and parameters are involved in site selection of landfill that whichever have particular importance and cause restrictions in the selection. The final goal of these criteria are choosing the most suitable site that has the least environmental adverse impacts. Thus, applying managerial decision making methods such as multiple criteria techniques can be useful in this regard .In this paper ,design and present a decision making model using group analytical hierarchy process in order to selection the best site for landfill .The model of this paper applied in the real world in order to landfill site selection of Semnan Industrial Town. The results of this paper indicate that applying this technique in the proposed model can consider experts idea in ranking the candidate sites and selection the best site of landfill of SemnanIndustrialTown and significantly decrease the costs reluctant unsuitable site selection . Manuscript profile -
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27 - Use of Decision Support Tools in Municipal Solid Waste Management (Case Study: Landfill Site Selection of Alborz Province)
Marzeyeh Mahtabi Oghani Akbar Najafi Habibollah Yunesi Mazaher MoeinaddiniWaste is natural consequence of living human communities and environmental hazards caused by environmental mismanagement of solid waste, one of the fundamental problems. In the past decades, exponential growth of urban population in developing countries and speed of urb MoreWaste is natural consequence of living human communities and environmental hazards caused by environmental mismanagement of solid waste, one of the fundamental problems. In the past decades, exponential growth of urban population in developing countries and speed of urbanization phenomenon, necessity of sustainable environmental development and efficient management of waste has been established. The main goal of the current study is applying various spatial analyses, with use of geographic information system in order to optimum site selection with minimal environmental adverse effects for urban waste burial. Therefore, in first step, effective data Layers in determining of landfill of Karaj ( like land use, streams, wetlands, roads, morphology, ground waters, demography, wildlife parks, soil) from data bases and organization was prepared. The second step, data layers (digital maps) was entered to soft ware of Arc GIS9.2 and data base was created. In the third step, according to limitations, suitable areas, was extracted with using of GIS. Then these data was applied as appropriate options ( input data) for AHP. In the next step for determination priorities of the remaining landfill options according to criteria is used by AHP. The results of this study are evidence that GIS and AHP provide performance tools for selection and priority of optimal landfill. Also in this study land slope and ground water have more important than other criteria and option 3 is most appropriate for landfill. Manuscript profile -
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28 - Landfill Site Selection in Bandarabbas by Analytical Hierarchy Process Model
Hamideh Samari Jahromi Hassan HosseinzadehaslOne of the main parts of management in the urban solid wastes is finding an appropriate place in order to dispose the wastes. Difference criteria should be paid attention in site selection, so using of special methods are necessary to assimilate the criteria. This study MoreOne of the main parts of management in the urban solid wastes is finding an appropriate place in order to dispose the wastes. Difference criteria should be paid attention in site selection, so using of special methods are necessary to assimilate the criteria. This study was done to locate the appropriate landfills in the city of Bandarabbas through using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) for offering the optimal alternatives for site selection. In present study, in order to select sites for dispose of urban waste of Bandarabbas, the following data layers and maps have been utilized; the maps of land use, road network, water source, and the layers related to the distance from city center. In next step, each layer(criteria) weights are calculated by using the AHP. Through field visits, four locations for comparison and evaluation through hierarchical analysis process were selected and ultimately by doing closer studies on the selected locations and exerting appropriate weights on each of the locations, the final location will be selected. Finally, an appropriate location for landfill, North West Bastak was selected. Manuscript profile -
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29 - Land suitability assessment using ANP in a GIS environment for Tourism Development Site (Case study: Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District, Tehran province, Iran)
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30 - Evaluation of Isfahan Mashahir Leisure Complex Site Selection
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31 - Site selection of solar power plant using Geospatial Information System and climatic data (Case study: Ilam province)
Hoda Ahmadi Jafar Morshedi Farideh AzimiThe aim of this study was to determine the appropriate location for the construction of solar power plants according to the criteria and factors of climate (temperature, radiation, precipitation, sundial, evaporated), topography (elevation, slope, aspect, distance to fa MoreThe aim of this study was to determine the appropriate location for the construction of solar power plants according to the criteria and factors of climate (temperature, radiation, precipitation, sundial, evaporated), topography (elevation, slope, aspect, distance to fault), environment (user land, rivers) and human environment (residential areas, roads) in Geographical information system (GIS) and hierarchical model in Ilam province. According to the importance and role of these factors, the statistics of parameters were analyzed in the software Excel and map of each criterion was prepared in GIS and the weight of each criterion was determined by Analytical hierarchical process (AHP). ArcGIS®9.3 software was utilized for the modeling and integration of data to produce the map of solar plant construction in four different classes (poor, moderate, good and very good). The results showed that the zones in very good class covered an area of 1510812500 m2;thus, the southern and western regions of Ilam province are the best places for the construction of solar power plants. Results also showed that GIS as a decision support system and AHP as a flexible model are appropriate for modeling spatial data and positioning the right place of solar power plants. Manuscript profile -
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32 - Potential maps of prone defense centers in western forest of Ilam-Iran by using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
Mohammad Fallah Zazuli Reza Aghataher Mehrdad Zarafshar Mohsen JafariOak forest in west of Iran has been always considered by terrorists. So, site selection with emphasis to passive defense principal is really necessary in this area. This research aimed to site selection of defense installations and determine of suitable areas of its gen MoreOak forest in west of Iran has been always considered by terrorists. So, site selection with emphasis to passive defense principal is really necessary in this area. This research aimed to site selection of defense installations and determine of suitable areas of its generation in the part of thin forests at Ilam province using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and Geographic information system (GIS). By using defense expert opinions, and a literature review eight effective intelligence layer in determining the talented defensive centers (lithology, distance from urban, distance from rural, slope, aspect, elevation, distance from drainage and distance from road) were selected and their maps were digitized in ArcGIS®9.3 environment. Prioritizing factors were done using expert opinions in the Expert Choice (EC2000). The results by priority criteria by pairwise comparison method showed that distance from residential areas (urban and rural area), distance from roads and lithology 0.351, 0.222, 0.160, and 0.109 had the highest effects on defense site selection, respectively. In contrast, elevation (0.021) and distance from the river (0.030) had the lowest effects. Finally, the results showed that Cenozoic geology units, distance from city 10000-15000 m, distance from roads >6000 m, slope percentage (10-20%), eastern aspect, elevation (1000-1500 m), distance from river >3000 and distance from roads 3000-5000 m were the most important factors for presentation of potential maps for building of military centers in the western forest area of Ilam. Manuscript profile -
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33 - Site selection suitable areas for solar power plants under the influence of climatic factors using FAHP method (Case study: Fars province)
Mosrafa Gorji Sajad Khoshnod Hossein Omrani Morteza HashemiRenewable resources which are good alternatives to non-renewable fossil fuels have caused communities to take an interest in energy sources such as solar energy. The purpose of this study is site selection suitable areas for the construction of solar power plants in Far MoreRenewable resources which are good alternatives to non-renewable fossil fuels have caused communities to take an interest in energy sources such as solar energy. The purpose of this study is site selection suitable areas for the construction of solar power plants in Fars province based on meteorological and climatic parameters. In this research precipitation, temperature, relative humidity, sunshine hours, elevation, dust, aspect slope parameters was used. According to the importance and role of these factors, the statistics of parameters were analyzed and each criterion map was prepared in GIS software. All layers the IDRISI software was fuzzy. Finally, the location map of suitable areas was produced based on obtaining weights the method Fuzzy-AHP and results in four classes (excellent, good, medium and poor) were classified. The results of site selection solar power plants showed that the north and northeast parts of the province have more potential with an area more than 60% of the total area of the province while the southern parts of the province with an area totaling almost 0.026% of the whole area of the province have the least potential. The most area of the province in terms of potentiality for solar power plant is in an excellent category. In addition, climatic results indicated that the potential regions for constructing solar power plants are those with a dry and semi-arid climate where stations like Abadeh, Izadkhast, Bavanat, and Safashahr are located. Manuscript profile -
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34 - Identify the suitable locations for the establishment of desalination plants due to environmental sensitive areas in the coastal area of Hormozgan province
Morteza Sepehr Afshin Danehkar Seyed Mohammad Reza Fatemi ali Mashinchian MoradiMany countries in the world are facing the crisis caused by scarcity of water resources. One of the strategies for coping with this crisis, which is considered a suitable way of restoring fresh water resources, is construction of water desalination plants. However, desp MoreMany countries in the world are facing the crisis caused by scarcity of water resources. One of the strategies for coping with this crisis, which is considered a suitable way of restoring fresh water resources, is construction of water desalination plants. However, despite the numerous advantages of desalination plants, their effluents have undesirable effects on the environment. The present research intended to locate suitable sites for constructing water desalination plants by taking into account the environmental sensitive zones. After developing the layers in a geographical information system, a distance map of each layer was developed. Criteria were weighted during the Delphi process. The geographical layers of each criterion were evaluated and classified in five categories. The layers of the criteria were normalized based on the coefficients of importance, integrated during their linear application, and reclassified in five categories. Nineteen suitable sites were identified for construction of water desalination plants by integrating the layers and through preparing the final layer. By reclassifying and reevaluating the final map, 2 high important locations, 7 important locations, 5 Middle important locations, 4 less important locations, 1 unimportant location. 2 high important locations were located in the coastal areas of the Bandar Abbas City. 16 were located in the coastal areas of the Persian Gulf, and three were in the coastal areas of the Sea of Oman. Manuscript profile -
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35 - Site selection of suitable land for plantation development of Prosopis cineraria species using GIS (Case study: Rahmatabad watershed, Kerman province)
Miad Pakzad Alireza EslamiProsopis cineraria is a native species in the south of Iran and it include of compatible species in this area. This species contains has been a wide distribution but discrete in the past, but it's limited regions in now. This research done in investigating possibility o MoreProsopis cineraria is a native species in the south of Iran and it include of compatible species in this area. This species contains has been a wide distribution but discrete in the past, but it's limited regions in now. This research done in investigating possibility of plantation development for Mesquite (Prosopis cineraria) in Rahmatabad watershed of Rigan county, the East Kerman province. The aim of this study was to site location and identify suitable land for development and implementation of the ecological requirements of the species, according to the ecological characteristics of the study area in the East of the province. For this purpose, the method of multi-criteria evaluation has been based on Analytical Hierarchy Process. During this process were identified the natural characteristics and specific requirements of Mesquite and then calculate the weight of each characteristic by weighted analytic hierarchy process (AHP), the final map of the habitat area was prepared for the development of Mesquite trees. The results showed that the total area of 37286 ha, about 3423 ha of the land where good capability, 13521 ha the average capability, 17343 ha low capability and 2999 ha for the plantation of Mesquite has without capability. Using the results of this study can recognized prone areas of Mesquite using the MCE method in GIS and for the plantation of this species in places with good habitat can be planned in the future. Manuscript profile -
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36 - Evaluation of the ecological capability of Aqujan watershed for rangeland and agriculture using GIS
Jamal Mosaffaie Amin Saleh pourjam Mehdi KamaliEvaluation of the ecological capability of the land is an intermediate stage of the land planning process, which the most appropriate land uses are determined for an area. So these studies which require investigation in locations from different perspectives are necessar MoreEvaluation of the ecological capability of the land is an intermediate stage of the land planning process, which the most appropriate land uses are determined for an area. So these studies which require investigation in locations from different perspectives are necessary for sustainable development. The purpose of this study was to determine the capability and suitability of lands for agricultural and rangeland uses and also to determine the area of unauthorized land uses of the Aqujan watershed of Qazvin province. The maps of the ecological resources of the watershed (including precipitation, elevation, slope, land units (soil depth and texture), vegetation, and erosion) were prepared and crossing in a GIS environment, the homogeneous environmental map units (work units’ map) were obtained. The ecological potential of watershed lands was determined by comparing the characteristics of ecological homogeneous units with the ecological model of agricultural and rangelands. Finally, the area of unauthorized land uses was determined using overlaying the current land use map and the land use map derived from ecological capability. The results showed that 3188 ha (44%) of the area is occupied by unauthorized land uses. The contributions of unauthorized livestock and range management, irrigated orchards and cultivations, and dry farming land uses were 2569 ha (34.9%), 211 ha (2.8%) and 408 ha (5.5%), respectively. The results of this study showed that there is a big difference between the proper and current land uses in the Aqujan watershed, which indicates the degree of deviation from the principles of sustainable development. Manuscript profile -
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37 - Optimum ecotourism site selection in Kojur basin of Mazandaran province using ordered weighted average (OWA) and Geographic information system (GIS)
Amir Saadatfar Hassan FaramarziIn order to create sustainable development in the tourism industry, the proper understanding of environmental potentials and its sensitivity to human activities is very important. This study has identified and prioritized the potential of ecotourism sites in the Kojur b MoreIn order to create sustainable development in the tourism industry, the proper understanding of environmental potentials and its sensitivity to human activities is very important. This study has identified and prioritized the potential of ecotourism sites in the Kojur basin of Mazandaran province. Physiographies criteria, including slope, direction, and elevation, as well as criteria of distance from road, river, village, sliding locations and canopy percent, were selected as the appropriate index. The criteria were evaluated and fuzzy by the experts and Analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. Subsequently, using the Ordered weighted average (OWA) scenarios, the appropriate ecotourism site was selected. To reduce risk and increase managerial power, Boolean logic was used. The results showed that the landslide and the roads had a maximum value of 0.315 and 0.238, respectively. The output maps of the OWA scenarios have shown that the northeastern range of the cougar basin is the most optimal location for the establishment of the ecotourism site, and the northern region was ranked next. In the scenario of the low-risk level and non-compensated, and low-risk level and low compensation scenario, 83 hectares of land were recognized for the appropriate ecotourism site. While, average risk and complete compensation, high risk and low compensation, average risk and non-compensation and high risk and no compensation, were 3179, 1255, 1909, and 2577 hectares respectively for ecotourism sites. The Boolean logic output showed that about 47 hectares of northeastern lands of Kojour basin are an appropriate ecotourism site. Manuscript profile -
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38 - Evaluation of national standards for locating industrial waste landfills using GIS
Eham Yousefi Rubiat Elham Yousefi Rubiat Elham ChamanepourBackground and Objective The rise in wealth, improving living standards, increasing the rate of population growth, along with increasing the level of commercial and industrial activities in urban areas around the world, are the main reasons for the significant increase MoreBackground and Objective The rise in wealth, improving living standards, increasing the rate of population growth, along with increasing the level of commercial and industrial activities in urban areas around the world, are the main reasons for the significant increase in solid waste production, including industrial waste. These wastes lead to the emergence of environmental and human problems and on the other hand, disrupt environmental security. Among the wastes, industrial wastes are highly important due to their high variability, and choosing a suitable location for the landfill site of these wastes is an effective means of controlling pollution from its source. There are many methods for waste disposal such as a sanitary landfill, combustion, recycling, recovery, reduction, and composting. But sanitary burial in a Landfill is an appropriate and acceptable option for disposing of industrial solid waste. Choosing the right place for a solid waste landfill is an effective means of controlling pollution from its source. The site selection process is one of the most difficult tasks related to solid waste management systems because it is subject to government regulations, municipal and government budgets, increasing population density, increasing environmental awareness, public health concerns, reducing the availability of suitable land for Landfilling and increasing political and social opposition to the creation of landfills. GIS is an important tool for identifying and selecting the right site and has a positive impact on time and cost management, as well as providing a digital database for long-term monitoring that is able to process complex geographic data and graphically display results. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the proper place for non-particular landfill of Birjand industrial park, based on the standards of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of Energy in the GIS environment. In this study, the best places in terms of environment, soils, geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, climate, infrastructure, and socio-social criteria. This study is able to provide a model while applying all standards of the country, to reduce the ecological risk. Materials and Methods For this purpose, 8 parameters including environmental, soils, geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, climate, infrastructure, and socioeconomic as the main criteria were examined in the form of 26 subcriteria. After identifying the criteria and the amount of restriction and prohibition for each factor, information was obtained by referring to the relevant organizations of each criterion. And the database is required by using GIS and Google Earth pro systems. Then, the limitations in each layer were removed using the tools in the GIS software environment. The remaining areas were standardized using layers defuzzification. Finally, the layers are integrated using the Rasters calculation tool, and the best area for the site construction of the waste landfill location was selected.Results and Discussion After combining the maps and applying the existing prohibition, four polygons in the north of the industrial park and a polygon in the south of the region were identified that there is no prohibition on the construction of a landfill place. Then the parameters such as slope, height, aspect, soil type, rainfall, land use, and vegetation map were applied as restrictions. After applying the restrictions in the region, only one polygonal remains in the northern part of the industrial park, which is proposed as a suitable area for the construction of a waste landfill. The area has less than 5% slope, its vegetation is poor and the moor region is considered. It is also not in the dominant wind direction of the region. This polygon distance to the industrial park is about 4 km. The overall area is 3 million square meters. With a field visit of the proposed polygon, the sigmoid sluice area, the bare lands, and the border of the hill was removed from an area of 3000000 m². And, only two polygons with an area of 467,000 m3 were reminded. According to the annual volume of waste generated in the region (2400 m²) and the lifespan of 20 years, the total volume of waste is equal to 48000 m². To bury this volume of waste, a land with dimensions of 300×80 m² with a depth of at least two meters is needed. According to the area of the proposed area, there are about 18 plots with a depth of two meters in the area that can be selected as a landfill.Conclusion The results show that attention to existing standards can be considered a tool for choosing the ideal site. This study is able to provide a model that, while using all national standards, also leads to an ecological risk. Finally, it is suggested that recycling produced per unit reduces waste production from origin. The stone powder prepared from the stone factories' wastes, re-separation of construction waste according to the size, and reuse of them in construction can lead to the recycling of most of this waste. It is essential to implement the proposed landfill as soon as possible, as they are now discharged without any management around, which has become a health and aesthetic problem and the area is becoming a dust source. Manuscript profile -
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39 - The role of check structures in attracting tourists and reducing the risks of erosion and sediment (Case study: Khorramabad city)
Vahid Beiranvandi Bahar BeishamiBackground and Objective Human civilizations have long been formed along the rivers and water-rich areas, due to the need for water resources. Today, the growing trend of societies and the need for progress in various fields such as agriculture, housing, tourism, etc., MoreBackground and Objective Human civilizations have long been formed along the rivers and water-rich areas, due to the need for water resources. Today, the growing trend of societies and the need for progress in various fields such as agriculture, housing, tourism, etc., have made the exploitation of water resources inevitable. The severe economic dependence of the country on the oil exports on the one hand, and the disregard for the potential income from different types of tourism, on the other hand, made in this study solve the problems concerning the tourism industry. While identifying a suitable place for investment in the margins of water resources, we will introduce the most crucial capacities for the growth and development of tourism in communities, including structures such as dams, rivers, and dikes correction. These structures prevent hazards such as floods, erosion, and sediment that impede sustainable development. Therefore, this research will help us in watershed management operations and tourism development, along with creating special landscapes and reducing the related expenditures. For this purpose, by preparing various scenarios for special conditions such as slopes and water canals, necessary measures such as the dikes correction can be done in the best way. Also, the present study may provide the managers and stakeholders with a better view of the field of watershed management and the tourism industry. The research questions are as follows: What are the advantages and disadvantages of constructing any type of dike for tourism?, and What is the impact of dikes correction on the catchments of the study area and its role in attracting tourists?. In today's world, where tourism is a lucrative and pervasive industry, it is possible to help attract more tourists and identify these attractions by linking the watershed management, tourism, and rural attractions. Corrective structures are small structures constructed, using simple materials such as wood, stone, stone and mortar, concrete, and gravel netting, to reduce the slope of the canals, reduce the speed of water flow, and control erosion. In this study, by determining the appropriate location of dikes correction, it has been attempted to show the role of watershed management operations in the development of tourism in an area and the ways of reducing the financial and human costs of natural threats caused by rainfall. Without carefully examining the proper location of the dikes correction, any measure will have adverse effects on rural areas, roads, farms, and gardens, as well as urban areas. By merely building some kinds of the dike, we could not hope to earn huge incomes from tourism. Therefore, in this research, the following goals would be pursued: Determining and identifying the places affected by the dikes correction plan in the study area, Preserving water and soil, preventing the erosion, and creating a tourism-friendly environment; Scientific review of the advantages and disadvantages of dikes correction; Reduction of damages resulted from the drought and creating a beautiful environment; Study of international ideas and experiences in this regard; Reviewing the works done in other areas and comparing it with the works in the study area; The performance of dikes in the study area in terms of rainfall status and its role in the rate of erosion and sedimentation; The impact of structures correction on human, social and physical capitals and its consequences for society.Materials and Methods This applied study has been conducted in Khorramabad, the center of Lorestan Province-Iran. With an area of 4942 square kilometers and an altitude of 1148 meters above sea level and having a temperate climate, this area is one of the most important and largest catchments of the Karkheh River. Using the opinion of experts and applying the #C programming language for each of the hydrological criteria with the following sub-indicators, a weight is obtained. Using the effect of the weights on the created phase map and the geographical information system, a weight map is produced. Sub-indicators include water canals (grading the streams), wells, springs, and aqueducts (location of these resources downstream of these structures), topography with geological subsections (rock hardness), coverage, slope (division in the range of 5-70%), economic and social indicators (main roads and by-ways and location of villages) and two important land usage priorities (severe dependency on the type of land coverage with regard to the erosion) and faults prepared from the Geology map (1:25000). By merging all accessible maps, suitable locations will be selected to build correction dams in proper tourist areas.Results and Discussion In this study, we examined the type of dikes correction in 8 random points of the study area, the results of which show the appropriateness of the implementation method of the study. Considering the objectives of the study and the importance of constructing each of the dikes correction in reducing the damages caused by erosion and sedimentation after rainfalls, and regarding the importance of the project in tourist attraction, and lastly to improve the performance of such projects, we will present the following suggestions: Implementation of studies in the margins of structures, for tourism development; Construction of fishing ponds in the path of correction structures and including a fishing program for tourists, with the aim of entertainment and creating inner peace; Reducing the pressure on water and land resources, by increasing currency earnings and entrepreneurship in the framework of ecotourism services; Maintaining and increasing the balance of water resources in order to attract tourists; Storage and preservation of seasonal waters in order to grow vegetation and increase the desire of tourists, in the dry seasons of the region; Piloting a part of the study area, with the aim of determining the role of dikes correction in attracting tourists and comparing it with other water resources; Using the knowledge of watershed management engineers in the scientific construction of various correction, in order to attract scientific tourists; Maximize the development of ecotourism with abandoned water resources.Conclusion The analysis of the findings of this study reveals that in order to assume tourism as an applied industry, its various aspects should be considered; The most important strategies and suggestions presented to achieve this research goal are as follows: ­ Providing simple, appropriate and practical solutions based on scientific principles to improve the employment situation, maintain and develop infrastructures, revitalize tourist sites (watershed structures) and sane financial resources. Prioritization in this way plays an effective role in making the watershed and tourism construction credits, purposeful. Manuscript profile -
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40 - Wind farm site selection based on geospatial multi-criteria and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) (Case study: Bushehr province)
Tayebeh Tabatabaei Fazel AmiriThe aim of this paper is site selection for wind farm based on multi-criteria; climate (wind speed, dominant wind speed and temperature), geography (elevation, slope), socio-economic (distance from roads, distance from cities, distance from the villages), environmental MoreThe aim of this paper is site selection for wind farm based on multi-criteria; climate (wind speed, dominant wind speed and temperature), geography (elevation, slope), socio-economic (distance from roads, distance from cities, distance from the villages), environmental (distance from protected areas, landuse, distance from the river), and geological (distance from the earthquake, distance to faults) in a geographic information systems (GIS) using analytical hierarchy process (AHP) in the Bushehr province. According to the role and influence of these criteria, preferences site map is implemented in ArcGIS®10.1 software. Weight of criteria and alternative are determined using AHP in ExpertChoice2000 software. For modeling, spatial analysis and integration layers ArcGIS®10.1 setting was used and the zoning map was obtained at four different classes (very high, high, moderate and low). The results of the site suitability assessment by AHP showed that site NE located at Bushehr province was the most suitable area for locating the wind farm, with covers area of 566218 ha, 24.8% of the total area. Furthermore, the map provides the foundation for decision makers in develop the wind farm location. Finally, the results indicate that GIS as a decision support system, can also prepare the data and the model priorities and expert opinions in relation to various factors in selecting an appropriate location and design is very efficient will help to build power plants. The results indicate that the AHP than other methods of high flexibility in modeling the geospatial data on site selection of wind farm. Manuscript profile -
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41 - Suitable sites for wind power plants constructed in East Azerbaijan using fuzzy- analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) method
Mehdi Asadi Saeid Jahanbakhsh AslIn this study, to determine appropriate locations for the construction of wind power plants in the East Azerbaijan, several criteria, including wind speed, prevailing wind speed, pressure, temperature, elevation, slope, road, city, village, protected areas, land use, ri MoreIn this study, to determine appropriate locations for the construction of wind power plants in the East Azerbaijan, several criteria, including wind speed, prevailing wind speed, pressure, temperature, elevation, slope, road, city, village, protected areas, land use, river, fault and earthquakes were considered. All criteria were implemented by using an analytical hierarchy process (AHP) weight of layers in EC2000 software. For fuzzification the parameters were coded by 0, 1 into the IDRISI software and based on the expert opinions, the control points and fuzzy function of each layer was determined. Then the software Arc®GIS9.3 was used to overlay layers, and finally, the East Azerbaijan potential wind power plant was constructed in four levels: excellent (217294.36 ha), good (972887.64 ha), fair (1650932.35 ha) and poor (1709038.40 ha). Manuscript profile -
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42 - مکان یابی احداث سدهای خاکی کوچک در مناطق خشک و نیمه خشک با روش تحلیل چند معیاره مکانی (SMCE)
مسلم چابک بلداجی هادی زارعی محمودآبادی محمد علی شیرزاده محمد حسن زادهیکی از راه حلهای کارآمد و مناسب برای بهینه سازی استفاده از رواناب به ویژه درمناطق خشک و نیمه خشک، استفاده ازسدهای خاکی کوچک است. که ضمن کاهش خسارات ناشی از سیل، در تغذیه مصنوعی سفره آب زیرزمینی، احیای مراتع و بیابان زدایی موثر است.در سالهای اخیر، توسعه و بهره برداری از Moreیکی از راه حلهای کارآمد و مناسب برای بهینه سازی استفاده از رواناب به ویژه درمناطق خشک و نیمه خشک، استفاده ازسدهای خاکی کوچک است. که ضمن کاهش خسارات ناشی از سیل، در تغذیه مصنوعی سفره آب زیرزمینی، احیای مراتع و بیابان زدایی موثر است.در سالهای اخیر، توسعه و بهره برداری از منابع آب و خاک در مناطق خشک و نیمه خشک، ضرورتی انکارناپذیر است که بهر ه برداری از سیلابهای آنی در این مناطق یکی از این زمینهها است. یکی از مسائلی مهمی که در زمینه طراحی مکان احداث این سازههای مهندسی در حوزههای آبخیز وجود دارد، بحث مکان یابی صحیح این سازهها بر روی رودخانه اصلی حوزه می باشد. عدم وجود یک راه ریاضی و منطقی به منظور اولویت بندی عملیات اجرایی این سازهها ما را بر آن داشت تا با استفاده از مدل ارزیابی چند معیاره مکانی و تلفیق لایههای اطلاعاتی که از اهداف اصلی این تحقیق می باشد، مکانهای مناسب جهت احداث سد خاکی بر روی رودخانههای اصلی حوزه آبخیز یوسف آباد طبس بپردازیم. لذا با استفاده از ترکیب نقشههای رستریمربوط به محدودیت مکانی (حریم رودخانه)، عوامل مکانی طبیعی (درصد شیب، حریم از رودخانه، واحدهای ژئومورفولوژی و ویژگیهای زمین شناسی )، عوامل اقتصادی (منابع قرضه، حریم از راه، حریم از قنات و حریم از مناطق مسکونی) در محیط برنامه نویسی ارزیابی چند معیاره مکانی، نرم افزار ILWIS 3.31 طراحی شد. ابتدا لایههای مکانی به فرمت این نرم افزار در آورده شد. سپس لایههای مکانی ناهمگون با یکدیگر، تلفیق و همگون سازی شدند و همگی ارزشهای فازی صفر تا یک را گرفتند. به دلیل یکسان نبودن ارزش لایهها، لایهها وزن دهی شدند. در نهایت، تلفیق لایهها انجام شد و نقشه شاخص ترکیبی به دست آمد که در آن مکانهای مساعد جهت احداث سد خاکی منطقه مطالعاتی، الویت بندی گردید و بهترین مکان جهت انجام عملیات اجرائی در حوزه مشخص شد. نتایج تحقیق حاضر نشان داد مکان احداث، از نظر مهندسی و از نظر مردمی مورد تأیید کارشناسان و مردم بومی منطقه بود. و می توان ازعان نمود، دقت، صحت و سرعت و توانائی بالای این مدل می تواند برای حوزههای آبخیز دیگری نیز انجام گیرد. Manuscript profile -
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43 - Site selection of Optimum Positions of CNG Fuel Supply Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geographic Information System (GIS) In Line With Sustainable Urban Development Policy (Case Study: Ahvaz City)
Parisa Shabani Soolmaz DashtiUrban growth and urban development have created many problems for cities, and Site selection of urban services can be effective in regulating the functioning of cities in large measure. The network of fuel stations is a municipal service, which acts as a fuel supplier t MoreUrban growth and urban development have created many problems for cities, and Site selection of urban services can be effective in regulating the functioning of cities in large measure. The network of fuel stations is a municipal service, which acts as a fuel supplier to the urban transport sector and in turn is important for traffic considerations, urbanization, safety and environmental issues. In this study, at first, 18 criteria in three socio-economic, physical, technical and operational environments were selected as effective criteria. Then the spatial data became standard in the GIS environment and turned into new information layers. Each of the criteria and sub-criteria were weighed in terms of their importance in site selection of optimum positions of CNG fuel supply through the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) process, and after integrating the weighted layers, the map of the optimum location areas for CNG fuel was produced. According to the results 48.58% of the area, it has the potential to build the CNG fuel supply location. Also, of the 8 CNG and dual fuel stations in Ahvaz, only 2 stations with suitable conditions are located in the north of zone 2. 3 stations in completely inappropriate areas, 2 stations in inappropriate areas and 2 positions in the middle areas. As a result, it can be argued that Ahvaz has a high potential for building Fuel station, but with a lack of site selection of CNG fuel, which can be solved with proper management and appropriate allocation of funds for the implementation of site selection design projects for CNG fuel and it is possible to take steps in the direction of rural sustainable development policy Manuscript profile -
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44 - An Environmental Investigation into Poldokhtar Landfill and Site Selection of Landfill using Weighted Linear Combination (WLC)
Siamak Baharvand Salman SoriThe determination of municipal waste landfill is a major issue in the process of urban planning due to the huge impact it has on the economy, ecology and environment of any region. In the process of determining municipal waste landfill, attempt is made to consider sites MoreThe determination of municipal waste landfill is a major issue in the process of urban planning due to the huge impact it has on the economy, ecology and environment of any region. In the process of determining municipal waste landfill, attempt is made to consider sites with minimum risks for the environment and human health as well. This study aimed to have an environmental evaluation and determination of municipal waste landfill in Poldokhtar using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Weighted Linear Combination (WLC). For this purpose, the current landfill was first assessed in terms of the environment. The results of the evaluation show that the biochemical and chemical activities are very high in the desired site. Therefore, paying special attention to the environmental impacts of the current landfill is of great significance. Then, the map for the site selection of Poldokhtar’s landfill was prepared based on investigating and assessing 10 parameters including the distance from city, village, drainage, rainfall, major and minor roads, lithology, landuse, slope and elevation,. According to the results obtained from the map for the site selection of landfill, 11.33%, 20.51%, 25.94%, 22.65% and 19.56% of the site area are located in the very unsuitable, unsuitable, moderate, suitable and the best suitable area, respectively. Manuscript profile -
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45 - Landfill Site Selection Using Geographic Information System(Case study: Javanrood City)
hazhir karimi Sadri Seifi Saeed NouriDetermining the location of landfill sites is a difficult and complex process because it is necessary to consider different factors and criteria in the landfill sitting process. In this study, in order to consider all parameters, a combination of Geographic Information MoreDetermining the location of landfill sites is a difficult and complex process because it is necessary to consider different factors and criteria in the landfill sitting process. In this study, in order to consider all parameters, a combination of Geographic Information System (GIS) and the Multi Criteria Evaluation (MCE) was used for landfill site selection in Javanrood County. For the purpose of making decisions in landfill site selection different parameters have been identified, including distance to groundwater, distance to surface water, land cover, distance to urban and rural areas, land uses, distance to roads, slope, distance to faults and geology type. Each criterion was evaluated with the aid of AHP and mapped by GIS. Then, the layer was standardized and the relative importance of criteria to each other was determined by an analytic hierarchy process (AHP). Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) method was applied to evaluate the land suitability. Data were assorted into four suitability classes within the study area, i.e., high, moderate, low and very low suitability areas. Based on the results, 15% was determined to be suitable for a landfill site. Finally, two candidate sites were determined after field investigation Manuscript profile -
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46 - Site Selection for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills with by using of GIS & AHP ; Mianeh, East Azarbaijan
Fazel KhaleghiOne of the most problem of human societies is, production of types of waste solid materials in different qualities and quantities and its discharge. Discharge is the simplest method and in many reigns is low –cost method of discharge. Main goal of discharge is sec MoreOne of the most problem of human societies is, production of types of waste solid materials in different qualities and quantities and its discharge. Discharge is the simplest method and in many reigns is low –cost method of discharge. Main goal of discharge is secure and long lasting of solid waste material discharge regard to health and environment. Selecting of place of landfill is one of the important stage in management of urban solid wastes. According to destructive environmental effects, economic and ecological of land fill, and choice of landfill should be fulfilled carefully. This research is done for this purpose to determining proper places of urban waste disposal of Mianeh city by using of hierarchical method (AHP). The current place of urban waste disposal of Mianeh city located at 13 kilometer distance in west of city and adjacent to Mianeh_Hashtrud road on the hills of Dashkasan regions with 3 kilometers motorable track and it becomes asphalt way after 10 kilometers. In this research, criteria and conditions of selecting proper places are identified for healthy landfill of waste disposals such as geology characteristic, availability ways, slop map, faults, land use map, distance of rural and urban centers, soil map of region, hydro-graphy drainage map, groundwaters and gas pipeline ways. For providing talented ability exclusion zones are deleted at first and by using of twelve information layers by weighting method to each ones and analyzing of these weights in GIS environment map obtain different criterion, then best places were selected by combination of these maps. These places located in north, northeast, southwest and southeast. From received regions, the best place is recognized and after field review, this area was confirmed final. This area is located in 8 kilometers of north and northeast and in adjacent to Mianeh _Tark and it has 2 Kilometer motorable track and after 6 kilometer. The lithology of this area mainly include marls and sandstone. It is Also, outside of Aquifer limit, and it is suitable from rural regions. Manuscript profile -
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47 - Environmental land use evaluation of Nir Area for city development
Akram Ojaghi Ebrahim Faeiat Maghsoud KhayyamIncreasing urban population and followed by the physical development of cities, explain how to control thedevelopment of towns and cities need to plan for future development based on sustainable developmentprinciples. Nir city in Ardabil province was located in 39 km we MoreIncreasing urban population and followed by the physical development of cities, explain how to control thedevelopment of towns and cities need to plan for future development based on sustainable developmentprinciples. Nir city in Ardabil province was located in 39 km west of Ardabil capital. In this study, locations anddirections for future development based on land use planning has been evaluated. Determining of suitable landfor development of normal variables using hierarchical process (AHP) in GIS (GIS) was used. These variablesinclude the slope, topography, lithology, distance to faults, underground water depth, land use and the landform.Finally, with extraction of units and environmental assessment based on ecological criteria, potential capabilitywas estimated for development in the study area. The results of this study showed that the most suitabledevelopment sites in the study area are located to the south. The results of this study showed that thecombination of analytic hierarchy process and the ability of GIS to develop a reliable method to determine asuitable location can be used by researchers. Manuscript profile -
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48 - Industrial site selection in Ghazvin province
صبا Reza-Soltani S.M Monavari میترا TavakolIt is necessary to take action in regard to solving problems such as the unbalanced populationthroughout the country, the rate of migrating to big cities and the ecology destruction caused by wrongIndustrial Site Selection with using the right industrial developmental p MoreIt is necessary to take action in regard to solving problems such as the unbalanced populationthroughout the country, the rate of migrating to big cities and the ecology destruction caused by wrongIndustrial Site Selection with using the right industrial developmental policies. Correct Site Selectionand right industrial designing are considered as a giant leap in environmental and industrialdevelopment in the country and the correct and logical growth of city and rural areas. That’s why inthis research the industrial site selection in the province of Ghazvin has been done based on BooleanAlgebra in the 1:250000 scale, using map overlaying.Environmental resources were classified analyzed and studied at first and measuring the ecologicalcapacity of the land depending on the specified goal was designed according to the ThreeClassification Model and done after overlaying the layers in GIS. As a result after removing thepreserved area of Bashgol and other areas in which industrial plantation was prohibited, 2 areas withthe capacity of 1 and 11 areas with the capacity of 2 were selected. Other areas which were consideredas having the capacity of 1 are forests or are being used in dry farming and industrial plantation inthese areas is bound to the ministry of agriculture and other related organization’s consent. Manuscript profile -
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49 - fuzzy Logic for Optimal Routing to Park in Nahavand Hamedan
علی اکبر جمالی رضا رهنمای یزدیNowadays, it is very important to exist landscape and we should extend it. This subject is one of the developmental index allover the world and lack of landscape means non-healthy and non-immunity in towns. This paper was as an analytical anddescriptive subjects and it MoreNowadays, it is very important to exist landscape and we should extend it. This subject is one of the developmental index allover the world and lack of landscape means non-healthy and non-immunity in towns. This paper was as an analytical anddescriptive subjects and it is applicable by using GIS (GeographicInformationSystem) systems and informational layers and doing diverse stages for modelling and AHP hierarchy analyzing and getting informational layers and final model. Weinvestigated fuzzy spatial distribution and landscape navigation in Nahavand city in Hamedan state and afterwards we foundoptimal locations for this thing. Then, we selected three points as the best locations by comparison other locations and by attention to last locationwas found output square and an appropriate routes for finding these locations. This process hasobtained by visible maps in the paper Manuscript profile -
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50 - Locating and zoning suitable sites for the development of sports tourism in Shahrood city with a sustainable development approach
Ali Towfigh Khatab Ali Fahiminejad Seyed Mostafa Tayebi Sani Hooman BahmanpourThis research attempts to select the suitable areas for tourism development using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and Ecological capability evaluation. It regulates the relationship between socio-economic impacts and land use changes to monitor the sustainable dev MoreThis research attempts to select the suitable areas for tourism development using a Geographic Information System (GIS) and Ecological capability evaluation. It regulates the relationship between socio-economic impacts and land use changes to monitor the sustainable development and determines the potential or types of use that land can naturally have. In this research, in order to identify the environmental potential of Shahrood County for tourism, GIS as the best suitable technique for land evaluation and site feasibility was used along with Index Overlaying (IO). Thus by identifying the ecological resources of the region, in a scale of 1:250000, map layer information was dispatched to the ArcGIS to overlay. This research was done in 6 stages. After preparing the slope, aspect and elevation layers, they were overlaid in ArcGIS and the landform layer was produced. Then, the overlaying of landform, land use, soil, vegetation and wildlife layers resulted in the final environmental units. After that, the ecological models of extensive and intensive tourism in Iran were used for comparison and analysis. According to the results, the study area has high potential for tourism. The suitable area for intensive outdoor recreation encompassed 68.8% of the area associated with class 1 and 19.1% with class 2; and extensive outdoor recreation included 93.2% class 1 and 5.3% class 2. In addition to this, 13.6% of study area was allocated to conservation because no part of this area is suitable for tourism activities. In the end, appropriate activities for each zone are recommended. Manuscript profile -
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51 - The Geomorphological RoleIn TheManagement and Site Selection for Solid Waste Disposal By Using The GIS in the city of Evaz
Mohmmad Ebrahim AfifiThe Geomorphological RoleIn TheManagement and Site Selection for Solid Waste Disposal By Using The GIS in the city of EvazPlanning and urban management requires a systematic and comprehensive approach to the various aspects of the city. One of the aspects of the city th MoreThe Geomorphological RoleIn TheManagement and Site Selection for Solid Waste Disposal By Using The GIS in the city of EvazPlanning and urban management requires a systematic and comprehensive approach to the various aspects of the city. One of the aspects of the city that if not managed properly can cause disruptions in the geographic area is the Management and Location of Urban waste disposal. the most important issues in the discussion of Site Selection for Solid Waste Disposal, are the Geomorphologic factors contributing to this proces. The aim of the present study, management and Site Selection for Solid Waste Disposal of Evaz, The assessment of landfill sites for the Locational acceptance of Geomorphologic factors.According to the characteristics of the study area and the survey of experts, 10 effective factor in determining the site of the landfill in Evaz. Method of study, is the Descriptive analysis using geographic information systems. The results show that Current site of the landfill From the perspective of geomorphologically, Ecological conditions of the region, And standards of the world in the best possible site is located And problems in the field, associated to The method of collection, transport and disposal of wasteKey words: results city ،GIS، Site rubbish، Process hierarchical ( AHP) Manuscript profile -
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52 - Analysis of the Service Area of Tehran Subway Stations and the Allocation of new Stations using the ANP Method
Ebrahim Nejat Mohammad Hassan Vahidnia Hossein AghamohammadiThe rapid growth of population and urbanization in recent decades has created many problems in human daily life. One of the important issues in this connection is urban transportation, especially public transportation, and it is of great interest today. Studying the eff MoreThe rapid growth of population and urbanization in recent decades has created many problems in human daily life. One of the important issues in this connection is urban transportation, especially public transportation, and it is of great interest today. Studying the effective factors and evaluating the location of subway stations is one of the important and necessary issues in the urban context. The importance and prestige of any city depends on its city services. The more these services and facilities are at an ideal level, the more comfortable the conditions are for the citizens' lives and the more the satisfaction of the citizens, which is one of the most important urban services of public transportation, especially the urban subway. Accordingly, the scientific goal of this research is to use GIS analysis to identify service areas and use multi-criteria decision models to locate new stations. This research has been carried out through several steps, including identifying variables, preparing standard criteria maps, obtaining the weight of layers, applying the weight of layers, and fuzzy overlapping of layers. Analytical Network Process (ANP) model was used to weight the criteria. In the results of weighting, the distance from the fault, the distance from the parking lot, and the population without cars had the greatest impact on positioning. Finally, suitable places for the construction of the metro station were suggested. Manuscript profile -
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53 - Development of a web-based group spatial decision support system for the site selection of a new shopping center
Abbas Safari Mohammad Hassan Vahidnia Hossein AghamohammadiChoosing the right place to build a new shopping center is a multi-criteria decision-making problem that involves different people and opinions. In this research, geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision-making models have been used to perform so MoreChoosing the right place to build a new shopping center is a multi-criteria decision-making problem that involves different people and opinions. In this research, geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision-making models have been used to perform some stages of spatial analysis, and then the development of a group decision support system for aggregating and selecting the final alternative has been discussed. A two-step method was proposed in this research to create limited decision-making options. In the first stage, creating standard criteria maps including five items with spatial analysis and normalization was done in ArcGIS software. According to the studies, the weight of each criterion was determined and the weighted overlapping of the layers was done. After applying the limiting options, six areas were determined to perform web-based location selection. In the second stage, a group spatial decision support system was developed. Using Visual Studio environment and C# programming language and .NET technology, a website was designed for the participation of experts in this field. In the architecture of this system, ASPMap technology, including a set of controls and map components, and location-based tools, was embedded on the server side of the program. User weighting of the criteria was done in the forms designed by Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). With the help of stored procedures in a SQL Server database, the average value of each of the selected points is calculated online based on the opinions of the group. Finally, the point that had the highest value in the average of the opinions of different users was introduced as the best place to build a shopping center. The research results showed that the proposed method has high flexibility, speed, and ease in applying group opinions. Manuscript profile -
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54 - Landfill Site Selection in Haftkel County (Khuzestan Province) using GIS techniques based on Fuzzy-AHP
Akram Keramat Mohammad Sadegh ZangenehWaste management is one of the major challenges of urban management in different parts of the world. This problem is more severe in developing countries, which contain a large part of the world's population. The current research is to locate the landfill site selection MoreWaste management is one of the major challenges of urban management in different parts of the world. This problem is more severe in developing countries, which contain a large part of the world's population. The current research is to locate the landfill site selection in Haftkal county, Khuzestan. In this study, three main morphological, environmental and socio-economic criteria were considered. Sub-criteria include slope, elevation, geology, distance from faults, distance from water wells, distance from water surface, distance from roads, distance from oil and gas pipelines, distance from high voltage power transmission lines, distance from residential areas, distance from protected areas and landuse. According to the conditions of the city and with the help of experts' opinion, the main morphological criterion with 0.443 was assigned the most points and importance among the main criteria .Also among the sub-criteria slope, geology, distance from underground water wells and distance from roads got the most points. In this study, Geographic Information System techniques such as Weighted Sum, Fuzzy Overlay and Boolean was used and among the used Fuzzy Sum and Weighted Sum methods introduced the most suitable lands for the construction of a landfill site and the methods of Fuzzy Gamma 0.3 and Fuzzy Product were the most strict functions and they identified 171.14 square kilometers and 124.01 square kilometers of land in Haftkal as suitable for the construction of a landfill site. According to Boolean's logic the current landfill site of Haftkal is located in an inappropriate place and in the other of the studied methods it is in the average range. Manuscript profile -
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55 - Green Space Suitability Analysis Using Evolutionary Algorithm and Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) Method
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56 - An Analysis of Space Distribution and Applied Site Selection of Urban Lands with an Emphasis on Access to Civil Services based on AHP Model in GIS Environment (Case Study: Qazvin Institutes of Higher Education)
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57 - Land Suitability Assessment in Optimal Site Selection of of Educational Centers Using CutFill Analysis (Case Study: District 7 of Ahvaz Municipality)
saeid maleki nazanin hajipourProper use of land is one of the main plans of the planner to avoid mismanagement and eventually lead to land appropriation. The present study was conducted with a "descriptive-analytical" approach to assess the suitability of educational centers with emphasis on school MoreProper use of land is one of the main plans of the planner to avoid mismanagement and eventually lead to land appropriation. The present study was conducted with a "descriptive-analytical" approach to assess the suitability of educational centers with emphasis on schools in zone 7 of Ahvaz municipality. In order to achieve this goal and analyze the obtained data, Cut Fill analysis in ArcGIS software environment was used to prioritize urban land use with regard to school-based neighborhood use problem to evaluate land suitability and optimal location. Is. The results of user weighting have been compiled and analyzed by experts using Cut Fill analysis in ArcGIS. The results show that residential land use with the least loss in network performance in Cut Fill analysis with respect to the weights obtained from the experts' view, is most compatible with educational land use and has the highest priority for neighborliness and land uses. Military, industrial, religious have been the most wasted in Cut Fill analysis, and incompatible uses have been identified. Manuscript profile -
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58 - Wind power plants site selection using Boolean model and ArcGIS (Case study: Mazandaran Province)
Reyhaneh Bairamvand Sadroddin Motevalli GholamReza Janbaz Ghobadi Khabat DerafshiRecently, Mazandaran Province has needed more energy. Considering the capabilities of this province in generating renewable energy, recognizing the potentials of clean energy generation and consumption, especially wind energy, should be a priority in the plans of manage MoreRecently, Mazandaran Province has needed more energy. Considering the capabilities of this province in generating renewable energy, recognizing the potentials of clean energy generation and consumption, especially wind energy, should be a priority in the plans of managers and researchers. A descriptive, analytical and field approach is used in this study. The spatial capability of wind power plants in Mazandaran Province was evaluated using spatial and quantitative data. In order to initially estimate the energy that can be obtained from wind flow in the province, the necessary calculations were performed on wind direction and velocity information over a period of 12 years. Then, based on the group of experts, documentary and library studies, scientific resources in this field and available data, four climatic, economic, environmental-social and topographical factors, have been selected as the most important indicators to determine suitable areas for the establishment of wind power plants in Mazandaran Province. These four criteria include 18 sub-criteria and after weighting and overlapping, the final zoning map was prepared using the Boolean model. According to the final map, the central strip of the province within the boundaries of Noor, Amol and Babol counties, the northern parts of Noor and Sari counties, the south of Savadkooh and Qaemshahr counties, as well as the central and southern parts of Behshahr county, are more suitable areas than other parts of Mazandaran Province for establishing wind power plants. Manuscript profile -
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59 - Spatial distribution of green spaces and Prioritization of land Suitability for optimal Site Selection of Park (Case Study: Ardebil City)
ابراهیم فیروزی مجنده بهرام ایمانی رضا کانونیUrban green space is among the most significant land uses which has been referred to as the lungs of cities. Since the main objectives of urban planning are health, comfort, and beauty, site selection of urban green space is regarded as one of the most important element MoreUrban green space is among the most significant land uses which has been referred to as the lungs of cities. Since the main objectives of urban planning are health, comfort, and beauty, site selection of urban green space is regarded as one of the most important elements of the urban environment having a large contribution to space utility and amenity for citizens. So, paying special attention to space – spatial organization of this use is an essential step in ensuring the welfare of citizens. The aim of the present study is practical- developmental taking advantage of a descriptive and analytical method. Here, using the tools available in the ARC GIS 10.3 software and the analytical means of the GeoDa software, an analysis of the spatial distribution of green space use in urban areas of Ardebil city is presented, and ultimately, it has been attempted to provide solutions for optimization of the status quo. In this study, the library – field research method were used to gather the basic required data. Moreover, Moran’s Bivariate correlation index (Moran’s I) is used to analyze the spatial distribution of green spaces, the relationship between the per capita green space distribution with the population density of the areas, and the rate of the green space area with the area of each region is assessed. The analytical results of the Bivariate Moran’s I indicated a negative spatial autocorrelation (Li) between population density and per capita green space in the regions of Ardebil city. The analysis of the relationship between the area of the green spaces and the urban areas of Ardebil showed no significant relationship between them. In other words, an increased population density and urban area of Ardebil could not improve its per capita and the green space use area. Manuscript profile -
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60 - Site Selection of Hospital Centers by Focusing on Natural Disaster and Benefiting ANP Model as (Case Study of District.5 of Tehran)
Abdulhamid Ghanbaran FARHAD Hosseinali Seyed Bagher Hosseini PEYMAN bahrami doostSite selection important urban land uses, including decisions impacting is the scale Therapeutic space that often urban managers is faced with complex decisions, The research aimed to Site selection hospital centers with emphasis on natural Disasters and using analysis MoreSite selection important urban land uses, including decisions impacting is the scale Therapeutic space that often urban managers is faced with complex decisions, The research aimed to Site selection hospital centers with emphasis on natural Disasters and using analysis network prosses (ANP) This research benefits from descriptive-analytical method and a list of criterions for site selection of hospitals is prepared and then, by using ANP technique and pair-wise comparison of item by 20 professors and experts in the field of urban planning, the weight of each criterion was calculated. In continuation according to the number of criterions and ultimate weight of sub-criterions, the desired layers at GIS was created. In continuation by using the analysis and map prepared based on priority for evaluation of hospital it was observed that the current site selection of hospitals in district.5 of Tehran from viewpoint of natural disasters is at unsuitable status and offering service to them specially while rising natural disasters is very difficult task. According to the findings due to merging informational layers' total number of 3 new points for establishment of hospital center was offered and through establishing SWOT table and considering the information offered by experts, appropriate place for construction of hospital was offered. Findings of the present research may offer solutions for urban managers in the way of understanding and prioritizing problems of urban management and finding solutions for such problems. Manuscript profile -
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61 - Solid Waste Disposal Site Selection Using the Fuzzy and AHP Integrated Method (A Case Study: Kouhdasht City)
Siamak Baharvand Salman SooriWaste disposal site selection is a critical issue in the urban planning process because of its enormous impact on the economy, ecology, and the environmental health of the region. Waste disposal site selection process aims to locate the areas that will minimize hazards MoreWaste disposal site selection is a critical issue in the urban planning process because of its enormous impact on the economy, ecology, and the environmental health of the region. Waste disposal site selection process aims to locate the areas that will minimize hazards to the environment and public health. In the present study, in order to select sites for dispose of urban waste of Kouhdasht, in addition to TM and ETM+ images, the following data layers and maps have been utilized: distance from city, lithology, slope, ground water, distance from road and other important suburban areas. According to the results of use of the AHP-Fuzzy in Landfill Site, 35.06, 24.85, 36.23, 3.85 and 27.4 percent of the area are located in very unsuitable, unsuitable, moderate and suitable classes respectively. Manuscript profile -
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62 - Optimal site selection of educational space in urban areas using FDAHP and Cut Fill function A Case study: Schools of district 6th in Ahvaz city
Ali Shojaian Hadi Alizadeh Seyedeh Narges Naghibi Rokni Today, the finding organizations and the optimal organization of space in cities is a major aim in order to create sustainable development for cities. In the meantime, location and optimal establishment activities as well as the prop More Today, the finding organizations and the optimal organization of space in cities is a major aim in order to create sustainable development for cities. In the meantime, location and optimal establishment activities as well as the proportional distribution in cities and towns are highly effective in achieving optimal physical arrangement. The research method deployed is a descriptive - analytic one that has been carried out in order to perform optimal site selection of educational space in urban areas, with emphasis on locating schools in 6th area of Ahvaz. To achieve the above objective and analysis of information obtained, Fuzzy Delphi AHP (FDAHP) and Cut Fill functions are used. To locate the optimal place Arc GIS software is used for prioritization of urban land uses in proximity to schools. In this research the feedback information (Comments) of 15 experts have been obtained and analyzed. The results show that, according to weights obtained from Fuzzy Delphi Analytic Hierarchy Process (FDAPH), residential land use is a top priority for the schools neighborhood. Manuscript profile -
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63 - Locating the Public Libraries of Saqez City Using Geographic Information System (GIS)
Majed Hashemi Azad Asghari Heidar RahmatiThe basic key is the easy access to public libraries in providing successful services in the public libraries. High quality services for those who do not have access to those services would be worthless. Access to services should be organized in such a way that comfort MoreThe basic key is the easy access to public libraries in providing successful services in the public libraries. High quality services for those who do not have access to those services would be worthless. Access to services should be organized in such a way that comfort and ease for the actual and potential users de maximized. This research focus on the required number of public libraries and location of them in Saqqez city, taking in to account their “consistency” and “centrality”, with the use of Geographical Information System (GIS). The result of the study indicates that restrictions in natural factors (mountainous location and river in city center) on the one hand, and inattention to locality consistency and inconsistency land, on the other hand cause the existing libraries have no suitable positions. Therefore, with respect to the final map in Saqqez city, optimization of zones recommend building new public libraries in branches or extensions. Manuscript profile -
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64 - Locality Evaluation of Urban Waste Landfill (Case Study: Andika Township)
Ali mohamad emamiAbstract One of the serious, potential and growing problems in many urban areas, especially in developing countries, is the management of waste and the selection of suitable sites for its disposal and burial. This issue is very important for our country, and especially MoreAbstract One of the serious, potential and growing problems in many urban areas, especially in developing countries, is the management of waste and the selection of suitable sites for its disposal and burial. This issue is very important for our country, and especially the Andika, due to issues and constraints, and most importantly the challenge of quantity and quality of water. Therefore, in this study, suitable locations for dumping landfills in the Andika city using the integration of GIS spatial knowledge and multi criteria decision analysis on hydrological factors, human factors and accessibility, geomorphology, geology and ecology were extracted and introduced. For this purpose, 15 layers of input map were prepared and analyzed in GIS environment. Effective factors were weighed, limitations were applied and places with high, moderate and low proportions in the Andika township were extracted and suggested. Manuscript profile -
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65 - Locating suitable places for sunflower cultivation using GIS (Case study of Dez Basin)
hossein eslami Saeid AnsariCultivation of agricultural products faces various constraints such as climatic constraints. In any climatic and geographical conditions for the cultivation of different crops requires a preliminary study of suitable cultivation conditions and location. The main purpose MoreCultivation of agricultural products faces various constraints such as climatic constraints. In any climatic and geographical conditions for the cultivation of different crops requires a preliminary study of suitable cultivation conditions and location. The main purpose of this study is to identify areas prone to sunflower cultivation in the Dez Basin. For this purpose, after determining the study area, the effective factors in plant cultivation were determined using library resources and the opinions of experts. Then the effect of each factor on the yield of sunflower plant was determined using AHP method. In order to locate and zoning the potential points of cultivation in the study area, a ordinary kriging model was used in the ARC GIS software environment. The results of data processing showed that 29.5% of the basin lands are in a very suitable range, 69% in a suitable range and 1.5% in a suitable medium range for sunflower cultivation. Manuscript profile -
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66 - Investigation of suitable places for safflower cultivation using Geographic Information System (GIS) (Case study of Dez Basin)
hossein eslami Saeid AnsariTo achieve proper production in agricultural products, it is necessary to find suitable cultivation areas in terms of climate, geography and other parameters involved in growth and production. In this research, the possibility of cultivation and zoning of safflower susc MoreTo achieve proper production in agricultural products, it is necessary to find suitable cultivation areas in terms of climate, geography and other parameters involved in growth and production. In this research, the possibility of cultivation and zoning of safflower susceptible areas in Dez basin has been investigated. For this purpose, water, soil, air and physiological information of the plant through library resources and opinions of experts of Khuzestan Agricultural Jihad Organization have been used for the study classification. Then, the effect of each factor on safflower yield was determined using AHP method. In order to locate and zoning the potential points of cultivation in the study area, the ordinary kriging model in GIS software environment was used. The results of data processing showed that 3% of the basin lands are in the appropriate range and 70% are in the medium range suitable for safflower cultivation. Manuscript profile -
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67 - Selection of Nomadic Tourism Sites (Case Study: Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province)
Pejman RezaeeHigh tourism abilities in nomadic areas is very essential for development of this country. in this regard, the location of suitable tourism spaces plays an important role in other stages of nomadic tourism planning. the goal of this article is select the best places for MoreHigh tourism abilities in nomadic areas is very essential for development of this country. in this regard, the location of suitable tourism spaces plays an important role in other stages of nomadic tourism planning. the goal of this article is select the best places for nomad tourism in Charmahal and Bakhtiaree province with use of AHP, Topsis model and GIS. the method of this research is descriptive and analytical and the type of research is functional. to locate the spaces, use some layers such as access to Ilrah, distance to the nomadic settlements, distance to the tourist attractions of the province, access to water, electricity, road network and etc. according to classification 10 sites select in province and these sits include: Chelgerd (0.816 score), Shalil ( 0.630 score) , Barz (0.541 score), Gale madrese ( 0.478 score), Samsami (0.426 score) , Shikh alikhan (0.423 score), Maze sokhte (0.420 score), Hiregan (0.381 score), kori chahar bonicheh (0.374 score) and Sharmak (0.266 score). Based on this prioritization other stages of the development of tribal tourism development in this province can be based on the equipment and planning of these sites. Manuscript profile -
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68 - Site Selection for the Waste Landfills the City of Eyvan-e Gharb ILam Province
azim alishaei fariba hemmatiIntroduction: With the growth of population and urbanization, the urban managers are concerned with optimal waste management besides problems such as traffics, various types of pollutions, slums, etc. Nowadays the development of cities, growth of income average and welf MoreIntroduction: With the growth of population and urbanization, the urban managers are concerned with optimal waste management besides problems such as traffics, various types of pollutions, slums, etc. Nowadays the development of cities, growth of income average and welfare of society, and accelerated social and economic developments in the countries have led to a rapid increase in waste production, and a change in the consumption pattern resulted in a change in the quality of solid waste.Research Aim: Site Selection for the Waste Landfills the City of Eyvan-e Gharb.Methodology: In the present study, the required maps and information were collected from various resources and transformed into data layers to be used in the ArcGIS software environment with respect to the effective factors in site selection. AHP was employed as a decision-making technique due to its prevalent and effective application for assessing the suitability for landfill.Studied Areas: The city of Eyvan location falls at 33° 50' N, 46° 20'.Results: The Criteria for this study are as follows: Land use, soil type and land capability, quality and depth of groundwater, geology, the intensity of rainfall, heights, grading, distance from the city, distance from the village, distance from the fault, distance from the river, distance from the road, distance from power transition lines, distance from well and fountain, distance from protected areas.Conclusion: The most suitable location included 7.98% of the area of the region. Manuscript profile -
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69 - Location selection and analysis of higher education uses using geographic information system (GIS) and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) (case study: Babol city)
Mohammad Shafee Tilaki Sadrodin Motevalli gholam reza janbaz ghobadi Bizhan RahmaniIntroductionHigh education institutess are a key factor in the educational process. Centers that have a suitable location and are designed in a systematic program help the development of urban society in a suitable and efficient way. However, site selection of the high MoreIntroductionHigh education institutess are a key factor in the educational process. Centers that have a suitable location and are designed in a systematic program help the development of urban society in a suitable and efficient way. However, site selection of the high education centers, including Azad University, is a complex issue that involves many evaluations (technical, political, social, environmental and economic).GoalThe most important goal of the research is to implement the correct and appropriate model for the location of higher education centers for the effectiveness of uses in the city.MethodologyThis research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical and field in terms of method and nature, and the final weight of the criteria in preparing the location map was calculated using fuzzy hierarchical multi-criteria decision-making analysis. Based on this and by applying the weights of each criteria in the ArcGIS environment, the suitability of the lands of Babol city for the establishment of new higher education centers with an emphasis on the Islamic Azad University was determined.Geographical area of researchBabol City is located in Babol Township of Mazandaran Province.There are 18 high education institutes (including universities and high education institutes) in this city.Results and discussionAccording to the opinion of experts, the criterion of the distance from flood-prone areas is the first priority with a relative weight of 0.098, and the land value criterion is the last priority with a relative weight of 0.035 to influence the optimal site selection of the high education institutes. According to the site selection map of high education institutes in Babol, the most suitable land for creating these centers is in the southwest and west part of the city and in the area of Farhangian, Nilufer, Azadegan, Taleghani and Andisheh complexes, as well as the current location of the Islamic Azad University of Babol branch.ConclusionThere are three important points in choosing the location of university units with a sustainable development approach:1)Identifying the effects of the components of location and spatial distribution of high education; 2)Identifying the effects of the components of the stakeholders' satisfaction with high education; 3)Identifying the effects of the spatial components of high education site selection. Manuscript profile -
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70 - Evaluation and Site Selection of Public Parking's in Yazd City Central Tissue
mohamadhossein saraei rohollah ghanei bafghiIntroduction With rapid urbanization in recent decades and the increased use of motor vehicles, traffic on city streets has become one of the problems of big cities. In this regard, construction of public parking in the vicinity of urban streets in order to avo MoreIntroduction With rapid urbanization in recent decades and the increased use of motor vehicles, traffic on city streets has become one of the problems of big cities. In this regard, construction of public parking in the vicinity of urban streets in order to avoid long and about in parks, along streets, is one of effective measures to reduce traffic. The most appropriate location for parking, where parking is most needed to be .The car park will be resolved as well. The car park will be resolved as well. Within the scope of Yazd is based on studies of traffic and transport, including 12 regional and 140 district is that a large part of the important area of the parking problem in the takes. The context for the study of the central city of Yazd is an area that overlaps with a large range of choice is an area of 765 hectares and a population of about 50,000 people. Research Methodology Type of applied research - development of; and descriptive - analytical. Studies of tissue within the central city of Yazd is, for the purpose of parking places, in addition to documents, studies, data from research that were added to the field. After collecting data - field factors were required to locate. Weight each factor from the hierarchical analysis process and then using the GIS overlay of the weight factors combined together and the final map and location of spots that were identified as suitable. Results Identifying and tracking the factors that affect the location of, the most important steps are studied. The criteria used to locate parking can be expressed as follows: 1) trip for the absorption (K): are the centers where they travel to various reasons so that it will increase traffic on surrounding streets. 2) required parking space (N): a total of 50 public parking Yazd, only 34 parking within the central tissue or in the streets of this border area is located on Park Place in 1550 only provides for the collection of stationary traffic. 3) Access to the main street (R): parking in the nearby streets to encourage more people to use them and are less confused, and accessing them is easier and faster. 4) being ruined or Bayer (M): Given the historical context of the central city of Yazd, the destruction of some of the places is not possible to construct parking places that are selected are dilapidated, and Bayer. Conclusion The results of this study are as follows: 1.locate parking in a number of factors are involved in all aspects of the analysis is not possible with traditional methods. The other hand, neglect of these factors contributed to a significant waste of material resources and the environment and serious injuries to people and urban management will be imposed. Thus the use of information technology, particularly geographic information systems to analyze large volumes of data, is essential. 2. Given the high cost of land in central and commercial area of town is best, parking will be constructed in the class because despite the poor infrastructure, large parking space and also create economic justification of accept. 3.Use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Geography information system (GIS) and combined it with logic overlap index (IO) in the optimal location is a high performance site. This allows for comparing and evaluating different locations can be optimized according to specific criteria. It should be added to this landuse. 4. Use of technology to manage a city when it is realized that the spatial and descriptive data with the accuracy needed to be there. So in order to retrieve and access information quickly, forming a centralized database is essential. GIS systems are able to manage large volumes of diverse data, with the lowest possible cost, reliable forecasts of the city managers are. Manuscript profile -
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71 - An Environmental Investigation into Khorramabad's Landfill and Optimal Site Selection of Landfill using Weighted Linear Combination (WLC)
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72 - Assessment of a spatial multi-criteria evaluation to site selection suitable area for industries in the Ardabil County, Iran
Farhad Hashemian
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