Land Suitability of Urban and Industrial Development Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and A New Model by GIS in Fasa County, Iran
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Methodology
2.2.1. Description and Reclassification of Indicators
2.2.2. Evaluation and Formulation of the Proposed Model Based on the Geometric Mean and WLC
2.2.3. Validation Models
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Criteria | Indicators | Classes of Ecological Capability and Their Rating Score | ||
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Highly Suitable (2) | Moderately Suitable (1) | Poor to Not Suitable (0) | ||
TOPOGRAPHY | Land type | Plains except for floodplains | Plateau and upper terraces, alluvial and colluvial fans | Mountainous and hilly areas, floodplains |
Slope (%) | 0–15 | 15–30 | >30 | |
CLIMATE | Precipitation (mm) | 501–800 | 51–500 or >800 | <50 |
Temperature (°c) | 18.1–24 | 24.1–30 or <18 | >30 | |
Relative humidity (%) | 40.1–70 | <40 or 70–80 | >80 | |
Wind speed (km/h) | 1–35 | 36–60 | >60 | |
SOIL | Texture | Moderate (often) | Light (often) | Heavy (often), Regosols, Lithosols |
Depth (cm) | Deep (> 80) | Semi-deep (50−80) | Shallow to very shallow (<50) | |
Gravel percent | 0–25 | 26–50 | >50 | |
Drainage (cm/hr) | Good (2–6) | Moderate (0.1–2 or 6–25) | Poor (<0.1 or >25) | |
Erosion | None to slight | Moderate | Severe to very severe | |
Granulating | Moderate | Fine or coarse | Very fine | |
Evolution | Perfect | Moderate | Low | |
GEOLOGY | Lithology | Sediments of the continental shelf, Ophiolite of melange color, and Sandstone | Middle Eocene pyroclastic rocks, limestone and dolomite, granite, shale, alluvial cones, conglomerate, claystone, loess, and alluvial terraces | Schist and gneiss and amphibolite, calcite marble and dolomite, quartzite, marl, salt domes, gipsum domes, sand dunes, floodplain, and Buffer maps for faults and rivers 1 |
VEGETATION | Canopy cover (%) | 0–25 | 26–50 | >50 |
WATER | Quantity of water for everyone (Lit/day) | <225 | 150–225 | <150 |
Suitability Classes | Good (1) | Moderate (2) | Poor to Not Suitable (3) |
---|---|---|---|
Scores of polygons | 1.5–2 | 0.5–1.5 | <0.5 |
Ground Reality | |||
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Classes | Fasa City (Main) | Other cities and rural areas | The dense and semi-dense forest in the mountains, desert lands |
1 | * | ||
2 | * | ||
3 | * | ||
Point number | 510 | 276 | 675 |
Factor | Factor Weight |
---|---|
Slope | 0.091 |
Land Type | 0.115 |
Rainfall | 0.078 |
Temperature | 0.039 |
Relative Humidity | 0.019 |
Wind Speed | 0.021 |
Soil Texture | 0.039 |
Soil Depth | 0.107 |
Soil Drainage | 0.042 |
Soil Erosion | 0.072 |
Lithology | 0.114 |
Vegetation | 0.047 |
Quantity of Water | 0.216 |
CR | 0.05 |
Land Use | Model | MCE (WLC) | Geometric Mean | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Index | Without Constraints | With Constraints | |||
Development | Overall Accuracy | 74 | 82 | 82 | |
Kappa Coefficient | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.69 | ||
In-Class Coefficient | 2.18 | 5.29 | 5.13 |
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Masoudi, M.; Aboutalebi, M.; Asrari, E.; Cerdà, A. Land Suitability of Urban and Industrial Development Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and A New Model by GIS in Fasa County, Iran. Land 2023, 12, 1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101898
Masoudi M, Aboutalebi M, Asrari E, Cerdà A. Land Suitability of Urban and Industrial Development Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and A New Model by GIS in Fasa County, Iran. Land. 2023; 12(10):1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101898
Chicago/Turabian StyleMasoudi, Masoud, Mostafa Aboutalebi, Elham Asrari, and Artemi Cerdà. 2023. "Land Suitability of Urban and Industrial Development Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and A New Model by GIS in Fasa County, Iran" Land 12, no. 10: 1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101898
APA StyleMasoudi, M., Aboutalebi, M., Asrari, E., & Cerdà, A. (2023). Land Suitability of Urban and Industrial Development Using Multi-Criteria Evaluation (MCE) and A New Model by GIS in Fasa County, Iran. Land, 12(10), 1898. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101898