Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case of Nabatiyeh Region in Lebanon
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Developed Methodology
2.3. Data Collection
3. Suitability Analysis
3.1. Determining Criteria Weights Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)
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- The principal eigenvalue (average of consistency vector), λmax = 6.59;
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- Consistency index: CI = (λmax – n)/(n − 1) = 0.12;
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- Consistency ratio: CR = CI/RI = 0.12/1.24 = 0.09
3.2. Defining and Classifying Criteria Classes
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Intensity of Importance | Description | Explanation |
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1 | Equal importance | Two activities contribute equally to the objective |
3 | Moderate importance | Experience and judgment strongly favor one activity over another |
5 | Strong importance | Experience and judgment strongly favor one activity over another |
7 | Very strong importance | Activity is strongly favored, and its dominance demonstrated in practice |
9 | Extreme importance | The evidence favoring one activity over another is of tile highest possible order of affirmation |
2, 4, 6, 8 | “Intermediate” values between the two adjacent | When compromise is needed |
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Criteria | Elevation | Slope | Distance from Urban Agglomeration | Distance from Industrial and Commercial Areas | Distance from Major Roads | Land Cover |
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Elevation | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Slope | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Distance from Urban agglomeration | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Distance from Industrial and commercial areas | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Distance from major roads | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1 | 4 |
Land cover | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 1 |
Criteria | Elevation | Slope | Distance from Urban Agglomeration | Distance from Industrial and Commercial Areas | Distance from Major Roads | Land Cover |
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Weight | 0.34 | 0.36 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.03 |
Factor | Class | Suitability Value |
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Slope (%) | 0–5 | 5 (Highest) |
5–10 | 4 (High) | |
10–15 | 3 (Moderate) | |
15–20 | 2 (Low) | |
>20 | 1 (Lowest) | |
Elevation (m) | <400 | 5 (Highest) |
400–600 | 4 (High) | |
600–800 | 3 (Moderate) | |
800–900 | 2 (Low) | |
>900 | 1 (Lowest) | |
| ||
Distance from urban agglomeration (m) | 100–300 | 5 (Highest) |
300–500 | 4 (High) | |
<100 | 3 (Moderate) | |
500–700 | 2 (Low) | |
>700 | 1 (Lowest) | |
Distance from industrial and commercial areas (m) | 300–500 | 5 (Highest) |
500–700 | 4 (High) | |
<300 | 3 (Moderate) | |
700–900 | 2 (Low) | |
>900 | 1 (Lowest) | |
| ||
Distance from major roads (m) | <200 | 5 (Highest) |
200–400 | 4 (High) | |
400–600 | 3 (Moderate) | |
600–800 | 2 (Low) | |
>800 | 1 (Lowest) | |
| ||
Land cover | • Bare soil and grass areas | 5 (High) |
• Agriculture areas | 3 (Moderate) | |
• Wooded and built-up areas | 1 (Low) |
Suitability Degree | Land Cover | Areas (km2) | Percentage from Each Land Cover Type |
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Highest and High | Bare soil and grass areas | 3.8 | 55.37 |
Agriculture areas | 5.09 | 64.11 | |
Wooded areas | 1.03 | 19.77 | |
Moderate | Bare soil and grass areas | 1.41 | 19.8 |
Agriculture areas | 2.83 | 35.64 | |
Wooded areas | 2.61 | 50.1 | |
Lowest and Low | Bare soil and grass areas | 1.91 | 26.83 |
Agriculture areas | 0.02 | 0.25 | |
Wooded areas | 1.57 | 30.13 |
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Al-Ghorayeb, A.; Al-Shaar, W.; Elkordi, A.; Faour, G.; Al-Shaar, M.; Attalah, Y. Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case of Nabatiyeh Region in Lebanon. J 2023, 6, 267-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/j6020020
Al-Ghorayeb A, Al-Shaar W, Elkordi A, Faour G, Al-Shaar M, Attalah Y. Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case of Nabatiyeh Region in Lebanon. J. 2023; 6(2):267-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/j6020020
Chicago/Turabian StyleAl-Ghorayeb, Amal, Walid Al-Shaar, Adel Elkordi, Ghaleb Faour, Mohamad Al-Shaar, and Youssef Attalah. 2023. "Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case of Nabatiyeh Region in Lebanon" J 6, no. 2: 267-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/j6020020
APA StyleAl-Ghorayeb, A., Al-Shaar, W., Elkordi, A., Faour, G., Al-Shaar, M., & Attalah, Y. (2023). Land Suitability Analysis for Sustainable Urban Development: A Case of Nabatiyeh Region in Lebanon. J, 6(2), 267-285. https://doi.org/10.3390/j6020020