Implementation of the analytical hierarchy process with VBA in ArcGIS

Marinoni, Oswald

doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2004.03.010

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“…AHP is widely used in MCDA to obtain the required weights for different criteria [18][19][20] . It has been successfully employed in GIS-based MCDA since the early 1990s [21][22][23][24][25] . Preference structure of decision makers can be easily defined through pairwise comparison approach.…”

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Flood Risk Assessment of Panchganga River (Kolhapur District, Maharashtra) Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Technique

Panhalkar¹,

Jarag²

2017

Current Science

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Flood hazard causes great loss to lives and properties leading to disturbance in human society. Flood is the single most hydrometeorological hazard causing substantial losses. To gain better understanding of the flood phenomena especially for planning and mitigation purposes, flood risk analysis is often required. For the present study, the middle part of Panchganga river of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra was selected. The main objective of the present study was to evaluate the potential flood risk areas of Panchganga river using GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis. The flood scenario across the Panchganga river was analysed using RADARSAT SAR data of 5 August 2005. To remove the speckle of SAR image, a median filtered technique was used. Thresholding technique was applied on RADARSAT SAR data to segregate flooded areas from non-flooded areas. Factors considered for evaluation of the flood risk analysis were flood layer, elevation, infrastructure and land use/ land cover analysis. The spatial multicriteria analysis with ranking, rating and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) method was used to compute the priority weights of each criterion. Accuracy assessment reveals that AHP is the most accurate technique to assess flood risk of Panchganga river.

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Flood Risk Assessment of Panchganga River (Kolhapur District, Maharashtra) Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Technique

Panhalkar¹,

Jarag²

2017

Current Science

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“…The relative importance among each criterion pair is established through pairwise comparison at each level. This method can be implemented in the GIS IDRISI software (Eastman, 2003) or as a macro for ArcGis (Marinoni, 2004). In recent years, the analytical hierarchy process has been commonly used because it is intuitive and easy to implement in GIS, leading to a significant advance in the quantity and quality of the research related to various techniques, including planning of urban infrastructures (Hajehforooshnia et al, 2011;Suárez-Vega et al, 2011;Yang et al, 2008), landscape modelling (Vizzari, 2011), location of facilities (Dey & Ramcharan, 2008;Kontos et al, 2005;Tuzkaya et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2009), and the planning of renewable energy (Izquierdo et al, 2008;Omitaomu et al, 2012;Perpiña et al, 2013;Tegou et al, 2010).…”

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The competitive value of territorial resources for photovoltaic energy on the island of Gran Canaria

Sarmiento¹,

Vera²,

Pérez³

2017

ISJ

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ABSTRACT:This work aims to identify the most suitable location for photovoltaic power plants on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria. To that end, we propose a methodology which will assess those physical territorial resources involved in the development of photovoltaic solar energy by means of two devices: the available territorial resource map and the available territorial resource index. In order to achieve this objective, multi-criteria analysis through an analytical hierarchy process with geographical information systems was used. The empirical analysis concluded that a large percentage of the island territory enjoys excellent potential for the setting-up of photovoltaic plants. The contribution of this research is particularly important in an island context, since it is in this type of territory where such tools are especially relevant to plan the best use of limited land area and availability.

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“…The processing of each selected spatial indicator considers the data and information provided above all by the studies conducted by the agronomist, geologist, planner and the Montecorvino Rovella municipality Office Plan for the new City Plan; they are valid up to 2010. To conduct "spatial assessment", an extension of the AHP method within ArcGIS was used (Marinoni, 2004;Marinoni and Hoppe, 2006;Zelenović Vasiljevic et al, 2009), obtaining the "urbanization suitability maps". With this approach, it was possible to obtain not only a simple overlay of the different themes, but to conduct a pairwise comparison of the criteria of each hierarchical level, assigning a weight (expression of an expert judgment) on a scale of 0-1 to each criterion through the calculation of the principal eigenvector of the pairwise comparison matrixes.…”

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Urbanization suitability maps: a dynamic spatial decision support system for sustainable land use

Cerreta

Toro

2012

Earth Syst. Dynam.

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Abstract. Recent developments in land consumption assessment identify the need to implement integrated evaluation approaches, with particular attention to the development of multidimensional tools for guiding and managing sustainable land use. Land use policy decisions are implemented mostly through spatial planning and its related zoning. This involves trade-offs between many sectorial interests and conflicting challenges seeking win-win solutions. In order to identify a decision-making process for land use allocation, this paper proposes a methodological approach for developing a Dynamic Spatial Decision Support System (DSDSS), denominated Integrated Spatial Assessment (ISA), supported by Geographical Information Systems (GIS) combined with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Through empirical investigation in an operative case study, an integrated evaluation approach implemented in a DSDSS helps produce "urbanization suitability maps" in which spatial analysis combined with multi-criteria evaluation methods proved to be useful for both facing the main issues relating to land consumption as well as minimizing environmental impacts of spatial planning.

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Implementation of the analytical hierarchy process with VBA in ArcGIS

Cited by 214 publications

References 7 publications

Flood Risk Assessment of Panchganga River (Kolhapur District, Maharashtra) Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Technique

Flood Risk Assessment of Panchganga River (Kolhapur District, Maharashtra) Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Decision Technique

The competitive value of territorial resources for photovoltaic energy on the island of Gran Canaria

Urbanization suitability maps: a dynamic spatial decision support system for sustainable land use

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