Location of freight warehouses facilities: A GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis

Abstract Freight transportation is of high importance and used to determine the region’s economy. Typically, effective freight systems are related decreasing costs moving goods from logistics facilities. The city Baghdad suffers many problems with land transport system, especially goods, among important things reduce current burden on network find most suitable sites for establishment warehouses distributed over each Baghdad. Understanding assembly pattern truck’s trip ends can help improve location these facilities space. This paper explores best places unloading (warehouses), using 4 criteria that affect taking appropriate logistical facilities, which (land use, population, warehouses, road network). weight was collected questionnaire Google form obtain answers Decision-makers include them in AHP hierarchical analysis process weights criterion. Multi-criteria decision performed create a surface identify potential locations where new be established. ArcGIS 10.7 software its extensions (i.e. spatial analysis) extensively modelling site allocation. results indicate group appeared (near entrance Diyala Bridge people outskirts Baghdad).