AHP and GIS based land suitability analysis for Cihanbeyli (Turkey) County

Bozdağ, Ayla; Yavuz, Fadim; Günay, Aslı

doi:10.1007/s12665-016-5558-9

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“…With the increase of slope steepness, the soil depth and soil fertility decrease, and the development of soils occurs more slowly [32]. The reclaimed soils on steep slopes in a mining site are more susceptible to erosion [33]. The relevant study showed that the slope with 0-2 • has been considered as highly suitable level, and greater than 8 • was treated as unsuitable level in agricultural land suitability analysis [33].…”

Section: Land Suitability Analysismentioning

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“…The reclaimed soils on steep slopes in a mining site are more susceptible to erosion [33]. The relevant study showed that the slope with 0-2 • has been considered as highly suitable level, and greater than 8 • was treated as unsuitable level in agricultural land suitability analysis [33]. The areas with flat slope, lower elevation and lower relief amplitude (relative height difference between the highest and the lowest elevation within a neighborhood) are more likely to be reclaimed as agricultural land and developed land [34].…”

Section: Land Suitability Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

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Abstract:Restoration of the degraded ecosystem is a global priority for achieving sustainable development. Although increasing ecosystem service is an important goal of ecological restoration, it is rarely used to inform mine reclamation. This study proposed a reclamation strategy that incorporated land suitability analysis and ecosystem service evaluation for a mining site in Liaoning Province, China. We assessed the land suitability for three reclamation alternatives and identified suitable land uses for each location by comparing their suitability levels. For areas that were suitable for multiple land uses with the same suitability level, the future land uses cannot be identified by land suitability analysis alone, and we employed ecosystem services evaluation to determine the optimal reclamation strategy. The results showed that forest could be restored throughout the entire mining site, agricultural land were most suitable in the western and southern parts, and developed land were in northern parts that were closer to roads and city centers. Our study showed that a large mining site can be reclaimed to different land uses and provided a practical framework for integrating ecosystem services into mine reclamation.

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Section: Land Suitability Analysismentioning

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Section: Land Suitability Analysismentioning

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Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

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“…The vegetation and bloom periods are delayed by 4-6 days for every additional 100 m in elevation on the mountains [14]. …”

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“…The vegetation and bloom periods are delayed by 4-6 days for every additional 100 m in elevation on the mountains [14]. Figure 6 has eight levels, with a minimum and maximum distance between each level of 175 m. The lowest level of elevation was 600-775 m and the highest level had an elevation of 1825-2000 m. Areas of low elevation are located in the east and the areas of the highest elevation are in the south.…”

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Land-Use Suitability in Northeast Iran: Application of AHP-GIS Hybrid Model

Memarbashi

Azadi

Barati

et al. 2017

IJGI

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Land-use suitability is the ability of a given type of land to support a defined use. Analysis of land-use suitability requires the consideration of a variety of criteria, not only the natural/physical capacity of a land unit, but also its socioeconomic and environmental impact implications. As land suitability is assessed within a Geographic Information System (GIS) environment, it is formulated as a multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) problem. The study was conducted in the Sangab Plain in northeast Iran. We investigated the study area's suitability for grassland and agricultural uses. A hybrid method of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and GIS methodology was applied to evaluate land suitability based on a set of criteria and sub-criteria. Results showed that 20% of the study area had high (rich), 65% had medium (fair), and 15% had low (poor) suitability for agriculture. In terms of grassland use, the comparable amounts were, respectively, about 7%, 23%, and 70%. The lands of the Sangab Plain have medium potential for agricultural use and low potential for grassland use. This paper used both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

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“…Akinci et al (2013) also used GIS and AHP methods in order to determine the alternative agricultural lands for Yusufeli (Artvin) district since the current agricultural lands to be inundated by the reservoir water of Yusufeli Dam. Therefore, when reviewing the current literature, it can be clearly seen that many researchers such as Mishra et al (2015); Bozdağ et al (2016); Romeijn et al (2016); Yalew et al (2016), and Pramanik (2016) used GIS and AHP methods in respect to both analyzing the suitability of agricultural land and producing related maps.…”

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Investigating Impacts of Large Dams on Agricultural Lands and Determining Alternative Arable Areas Using Gis and Ahp in Artvin, Turkey

Akıncı¹,

Özalp²,

Özalp³

2017

Scitech

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Large dams are generally built for the purposes of providing drinking or irrigation water, flood control, and producing hydroelectric power, but their constructions also result in some negative outcomes such as decreasing in flora and fauna diversity, inundation of arable lands, forest areas, cultural sites and involuntary displacement of people. The city of Artvin has been facing almost all of those negative effects since five large dams have being constructed on the section of the Çoruh River flowing within the city boundary. Three of those large dams completed submerged 795.60 ha of fertile agricultural land under the reservoir waters. The objective of this study was to determine potential suitable agricultural areas in substitution for those inundated due to these five dams. For this, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method was used in this study. In the application, parameters including great soil groups, land use capability class, land use capability sub -class, soil depth, erosion degree, slope, aspect, elevation and other soil properties were used. A suitability map was created and separated into 5 categories according to the land suitability classification provided by the FAO. After deducting the forests, pastures, and reservoir areas, newly classified suitability map showed that 2.08% (11603.25 ha) of the study area was highly suitable, while 3.43% (19132.84 ha) was moderately suitable and 4.30% (23989.99 ha) was marginally suitable for agricultural production. It was interpreted that high slope, insufficient soil depth for agricultural production, and high erosion degree of the study area were effective factors in these findings.

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AHP and GIS based land suitability analysis for Cihanbeyli (Turkey) County

Cited by 143 publications

References 27 publications

Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

Mining Site Reclamation Planning Based on Land Suitability Analysis and Ecosystem Services Evaluation: A Case Study in Liaoning Province, China

Land-Use Suitability in Northeast Iran: Application of AHP-GIS Hybrid Model

Investigating Impacts of Large Dams on Agricultural Lands and Determining Alternative Arable Areas Using Gis and Ahp in Artvin, Turkey

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