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Application of Multi Criteria Decision Making Method and the Integrated Anp- Dematel Model for Agricultural Land Suitability Analysis (case Study: Qazvin Plain)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Hamidreza, Pourkhabbaz Saeedeh, Javanmardi Reza, Yavari Ahmad Hassanali, Faraji Sabokbar |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Peri-urban area development process decreases agricultural land use because of significant trend of city sprawl. In the agricultural sector, goals for sustainability generally include maintenance or enhancement of the natural environment, meeting of human needs for food, economic viability, and social welfare. As agriculture has enormous environmental impacts on peri-urban regions, it is necessary to evaluate agriculture land use.Therefore, agricultural land suitability analysis is a prerequisite to achieve optimum utilisation of the available land resources for sustainable agricultural production. This paper presents an integrated technique of Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) to evaluate the land for peri-urban agriculture. Ecological word model, slope, climatic soil properties, water resources and vegetation density were chosen as the major factors affecting the peri-urban agriculture. Then, in a model, it was evaluated by Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) with the Analytic Network Process (ANP) and DEMATEL after overlaying the layers by Simple Additive Weighting (SAW). Assessment of results confirmed presence of six classes of agricultural land use. according to the results, northern parts are not suitable for the agriculture development. However, the layers determined that 98598.20 ha of the polygons are extremely high suitable to medium suitable for agriculture. In fact, the specific model represented a effective solution to help group decision making of evaluators. Introduction Agricultural land suitability classification based on indigenous knowledge is vital to land-use planning (ecological capacity evaluation). Execution of development and creation of appropriate areas for agriculture land use without considering ecological capability will result in the appearance of several environmental, economic and social problems. In the agricultural sector, goals for sustainability generally include the maintenance or enhancement of the natural environment, meeting human food requirements, economic viability, and social welfare. As agriculture has enormous environmental impacts on peri-urban areas, it is essential to investigate agriculture land use suitability.Therefore, agricultural land suitability analysis is a prerequisite to optimum utilisation of the available land resources for sustainable agricultural production. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the arable land suitability using the decision making models such as analytic network process (ANP) and simple additive weighting (SAW). In this paper, we determine agricultural land suitability classifications using case spatial data sets from Qazvin Plain. Matherial and Methods This research was done in framework of the ecological model and multicriteria decision making methods such as DEMATEL, ANP, SAW by using ArcGIS 9.3, Excel 2007, Super Decision 2.0.8, MATLAB 7.11.0 software, with the aim of choosing the suitable locations for agriculture land use in Qazvin plain. Suitable ecological model for evaluation of capability of study area for agriculture land use in Iranian special ecological models was prepared in six-degree value and based on special conditions of concerned region and existing data. DEMATEL Corresponding Author: Tel: 09151614042 E-mail: Pourkhabbaz@yahoo.com Ar ch ive of S ID |
| Starting Page | 34 |
| Ending Page | 36 |
| Page Count | 3 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 39 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.sid.ir/FileServer/JE/80620136613 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
