scholarly journals Land suitability analysis for rice cultivation using a GIS-based fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach: central part of Amol District, Iran

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 29-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Maddahi ◽  
A. Jalalian ◽  
M.M. Kheirkhah Zarkesh ◽  
N. Honarjo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Land Suitability ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Analytical Hierarchical Process ◽  
Land Suitability Analysis ◽  
Suitability Map ◽  
Land Use Maps

Land suitability analysis and preparing land use maps is one of the most beneficial applications of the Geographic Information System (GIS) in planning and managing land recourses. The main objective of this study was to develop a fuzzy multi-criteria decision making technique integrated with the GIS to assess suitable areas for rice cultivation in Amol District, Iran. Several suitability factors including soil properties, climatic conditions, topography, and accessibility were selected based on the FAO framework and experts’ opinions. A fuzzy analytical hierarchical process (FAHP) was used to determine the weights of the various criteria. The GIS was used to overlay and generate criteria maps and a land suitability map. The study area has been classified into four categories of rice cultivation suitability (highly suitable, suitable, moderately suitable, and unsuitable). The present study has attempted to introduce and use the FAHP method to land suitability analysis and to select lands in order to be used as best as possible. Areas that are classified as highly suitable and suitable for rice cultivation constitute about 59.8% of the total area of the region. The results of the present research indicate that the FAHP is an efficient strategy to increase the accuracy of the weight of the criteria affecting the analysis of land suitability.

scholarly journals GIS and Remote Sensing Based Physical Land Suitability Analysis for Culitivation OF Selected Cool Weather Cereal Crops, Misha District, Hadiya Zone, South Central Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Land Suitability ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Climatic Data ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Weighted Overlay ◽  
Land Suitability Analysis ◽  
Central Ethiopia ◽  
South Central ◽  
Suitability Map ◽  
Hadiya Zone

This study to assess the Physical Land Suitability Analysis for Cultivation of Selected Cool Weather Cereal Crops, Misha District, Hadiya Zone, South Central Ethiopia of major cereal crops of barley and teff in Misha district. Each of the criteria was separately reclassified and analyzed for their suitability for supporting barley and teff crops based on the FAO crop requirements specified for them. The major data sources were climatic data, soil, LGP and topographic data as well as key informant interview, questioner observation of crop requirements which have been considered to undertake suitability assessments of the study area. The factor maps like land use /land cover, temperature, rain fall, soil type and altitude were classified based on suitability evaluation methods of FAO and experts’ opinion. At final stage these were reclassified and standardized in GIS software extension tools, which led to the preparation of suitability analysis map of the major crops plant suitability classes. As part of spatial MCDM, AHP pair wise comparison module was used to derive internal and external weights for each individual factors and parameters respectively. Consequently, suitability analysis was done and weighted overlay suitability map was visualized with integration of GIS. The findings show that among total area of land suitability maps for both barley and teff cops were using weighted overlay techniques. The suitability map of teff crop shows that 12,038.22 hectare of the investigated area are highly suitable (S1), 19,646.07 hectare moderately suitable (S2) and 4,501.71 hectare marginally suitable (S3) and 112 hectare not suitable. On the other hand, the suitability map of barley crop shows that 7,898.52 hectare of the investigated area are highly suitable (S1), 22,830.08 hectare moderately suitable (S2), and 5,466.4 hectare marginally suitable (S3) and 103 hectare not suitable for economic reasons (N1). This was done for barley and Teff crops separately. Results of the study revealed that most of the lands in the study area are suitable for the cultivation of the selected crops and other crops. Based on finding, it could be recommended that this work would be used as policy guide for planners; investment could be successful in the District, further suitability research works should be carried out in order to optimize the major crop cultivation and production.

scholarly journals Multi-criteria decision making for determining landfill location in Malaka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 3405-3413
Author(s):  
Leonarda Sofiani Rame ◽  
W Widiatmaka ◽  
Arief Hartono ◽  
Irman Firmansyah
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Land Suitability ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Soil Drainage ◽  
Illegal Waste Disposal ◽  
Illegal Waste ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Stone Type

The absence of a landfill has increased the illegal waste disposal sites in Malaka Regency, which was established between 2013 and 2021. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze suitable and available land for the development of a landfill. The methodology used consisted of 2 analysis steps, namely land suitability and land availability. Land suitability was analyzed using a multi-criteria decision-making method, which included the slope, stone type/geology, lithology, soil type, soil texture, soil depth, soil drainage, distance from settlements, and water sources. The criteria were then weighted using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and geographic information system for overlaying. Furthermore, the results of the land suitability analysis were used to determine its availability with the aid of spatial and regional planning (RTRW), land use, and forest area maps. The results showed that the highly suitable (S1) and available terrain for the landfill in Malaka Regency covered an area of 203.37 ha or 1.73% of the regency. Also, the analysis results indicated that there was still adequate land available for the landfill.

scholarly journals Agroforestry land suitability analysis in the Eastern Indian Himalayan region

2021 ◽  
pp. 100199
Author(s):  
Arun Jyoti Nath ◽  
Rakesh Kumar ◽  
N. Bijayalaxmi Devi ◽  
Pebam Rocky ◽  
Krishna Giri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Suitability ◽  
Himalayan Region ◽  
Suitability Analysis ◽  
Indian Himalayan Region ◽  
Land Suitability Analysis
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