Many decision tasks in disaster management are concerned with spatial patterns and spatial decision problems often require that a large number of feasible alternatives be evaluated based on multiple criteria. Although Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide extensive spatial analysis and data visualization power to users, such systems offer a limited capacity for tackling complex spatial...

Urban ecological vulnerability is measured on the basis of ecological sensitivity and resilience based on the concept analysis of vulnerability. GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) methods are used, supported by the spatial analysis tools of GIS, to define different levels of vulnerability for areas of the urban ecology. These areas are further classified into different types o...

The choice of the localization of a urban infrastructure is a complex problem of the multicriterion decision aid (MCDA). To deal with this situation, several authors have demonstrated the interest of the association of the geographical information systems (GIS) and the MCDA. This association permits to manage the information of spatial reference, and at the same time to apply new methods of MCD...

A combination of geographic information system (GIS) and spatial multicriteria decision making (MCDA) in mine water inrush risk evaluation is widely used, but the randomness process index weight determination risk-coping attitude makers are not considered process. Therefore, this paper proposes a probability-based roof method (GIS-MCDA) by combining Monte Carlo analytic hierarchy (MAHP) ordered...

The integration of GIS and multicriteria decision analysis has attracted significant interest over the last 15 years or so. This paper surveys the GISbased multicriteria decision analysis (GIS-MCDA) approaches using a literature review and classification of articles from 1990 to 2004. An electronic search indicated that over 300 articles appeared in refereed journals. The paper provides taxonom...

Municipal solid waste landfill site selection for the city of ŞanliurfaTurkey: an example using MCDA integrated with GIS M. Irfan Yesilnacar a , M. Lütfi Süzen b , Başak Şener Kaya c & Vedat Doyuran b a Department of Environmental Engineering, Harran University, Şanliurfa, Turkey b Department of Geological Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey c Colorado School of Mines,...

MCDA-GIS integrated approach for optimized landfill site selection for growing urban regions: an application of neighborhood-proximity analysis Yashon O. Oumaa,b∗, Emmanuel C. Kipkorirc and Ryutaro Tateishia aCenter for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; bCivil and Structural Engineering, Moi University, Eldoret 30100, Kenya; cEnvironmental Planning & Manageme...

Water management decisions are complex ever since they dependent on adopted politics, social objectives, environmental impacts, and economic determinants. To adequately address hydric resources issues, it is crucial to rely scientific data models guiding decision-makers. The present study brings a new methodology, consisting of combined GIS-MCDA, prioritize catchments that require interventions...

In hilly places, constructing and building forest roads requires a variety of economic environmental criteria. To develop solution that minimize construction, maintenance, adverse effects, road management must take into account as many alternative alignment options they can. The idea this research was to plan the network in Periyar Tiger Reserve's mountainous region using Geographic Information...