Site selection for local forest park using analytic hierarchy process and geographic information system (case study: Badreh County)
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 7
Abstract
Today, entertainment and recreation are essential to human. Therefore, the development and construction of forest parks to attract the tourists generate income, leisure, relaxation and resources conservation. In this study, suitable areas for local forest park determined in Badreh County-Ilam province using analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and geographic information system (GIS). At first, the hierarchy of the evaluation process created and criteria and sub-criteria weights obtained using experts opinions. Then, The GIS layers were created for each of the sub-criteria. Finally, the final map of suitable areas for Forest Park prepared using weighted Linear Combination (WLC) technique in GIS environment. The results showed that 2765.6 ha of study area has first class potential (high suitable), 15794.1 ha has second class potential (moderate), 30537.5 ha has third class potential (low) and 7930.5 ha has four class potential (no suitable).
Authors and Affiliations
Heshmat Piran| M.Sc. student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural resource, Lorestan University, Iran., Rahim Maleknia| M.Sc. student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural resource, Lorestan University, Iran., Hassan Akbari| Assistant professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural resource, Lorestan University, Iran., Javad Soosani| Assistant professor, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural resource, Agriculture Science and Natural Resources university of Sari, Iran., Omid Karami| PhD Student, Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural resource, Agriculture Science and Natural Resources University of Sari, Iran. email: omid64karami@yahoo.com
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