Application of analytical hierarchy process and geographic information systems in land-use suitability evaluation: a case study of Dumrek village (Canakkale, Turkey)

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dc.contributor.authorCengiz, Tuelay
dc.contributor.authorAkbulak, Cengiz
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:59:49Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:59:49Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis study used both analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geographic information systems (GIS) to make a land-use suitability analysis for the village of Dumrek, NW Turkey. Primarily, alternative land uses for agriculture, meadow-pasture and forest were determined along with criteria for these alternatives and a hierarchical structure was produced and used to determine the weights of the criteria. Spatial data were identified by means of GIS and calculations were made using the suitability values specified and weights obtained from AHP. Suitability maps were then produced for the above land use alternatives. Subsequently, a synthesized suitability map was formed from these maps. According to the weights specified by AHP, the order of land use preferences among the alternatives for rural development of Dumrek was agriculture, forest and meadow. The synthesized suitability map showed that the areas allocated for forest and agriculture were close to the present ratios of use; however, meadow land, which does not exist at present, should be allocated as a land use to constitute 12.5% of the study area. Achieving sustainability in land use is possible by planners and administrators considering results obtained from land suitability mapping studies at the stage of allocating land uses. The method applied in this research is considered useful when taking policy decisions covering the evaluation of rural land use, particularly for subunits of the state administration.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13504500903106634
dc.identifier.endpage294
dc.identifier.issn1350-4509
dc.identifier.issn1745-2627
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-77951582978
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage286
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13504500903106634
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/26844
dc.identifier.volume16
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000269900500008
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Inc
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectforest
dc.subjectmeadowland
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectsynthesized suitability mapping
dc.subjectspatial decision-making
dc.titleApplication of analytical hierarchy process and geographic information systems in land-use suitability evaluation: a case study of Dumrek village (Canakkale, Turkey)
dc.typeArticle

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