Land Suitability Analysis as Multi Criteria Decision Making to Support the Egyptian Urban Development

Marwa Adel El Sayed (1)
(1) The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt

Abstract

Sustainability in urban development is considered as a main concrete stone that effect directly the quality of life for its users. Land Suitability Analysis (LSA) using GIS as a multi criteria support tool reveals the best alternatives for the suitability of sustainable land development. Urban planners working under the umbrella of sustainability using recent technology should contribute their work directly to LSA. This paper aims to develop a new technique to be used by planner to reach best alternative for five main urban sectors (agriculture, Industry, Trade, Tourism, & Residential) using GIS as a multi criteria decision support tool (MCDS), accordingly choosing best city location will be accurately and analyzed upon LSA studies. LSA and MCDS are going to be applied on one survey unit map called Monof along Cairo – Alexandria Road. Results showed that different alternatives could be applied on the area of interest, and all of them are sustainable, but choosing the best deepened on the priority of querying the development sector. The paper suggests a pilot method for land development planning and choosing best city location that would be a guide for the governmental planning organization to support in taking right and analyzed planning decisions.

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Authors

Marwa Adel El Sayed
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Author Biography

Marwa Adel El Sayed, The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt

The British University in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
El Sayed, M. A. (2018). Land Suitability Analysis as Multi Criteria Decision Making to Support the Egyptian Urban Development. Resourceedings, 1(1), 58–68. https://doi.org/10.21625/resourceedings.v1i1.178

Article Details

Received 2018-02-19
Accepted 2018-02-19
Published 2018-02-27