Temporary site selection and decision‐making methods: a case study of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Decisions on selecting an appropriate site for temporary shelter used to be taken in a limited amount of time after a disaster. The need for a systematic method in this area inspired the MADM (multi-attribute decision making) for complex disaster management decisions. This research proposes a model for appropriate and systematic site selection for temporary shelters, before an earthquake, using a geographical information system and MADM based on an earthquake damage assessment. After the effective criteria for site selection of temporary shelters are determined, the geographical layers of these criteria are prepared for Municipal District No.1 of Greater Tehran, the capital of Iran. Given these attributes and the required shelter area (415-610 hectares), 14 zones are proposed initially. Various MADM methods are used for the final selection. The mean of the aggregated ranking results are determined, and 10 of the 14 initial zones are ranked.

A combination of the Knapsack algorithm and MIVES for choosing optimal temporary housing site locations: A case study in Tehran

“…The site selection problem, requirements and, thus, indicators were derived according to [1,10,[38][39][40][41][42][43]. However, the indexes were adjusted to reflect the chosen case study based on interviews with local experts.…”

“…The data were derived from a report prepared by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) [33] and the Centre for Earthquake and Environmental Studies of Tehran (CEST), as shown in Table 1. This report estimated the casualties and damage to buildings in the wake of probabilistic earthquakes based on four different scenarios: the Rey, Mosha and North Tehran fault models, and the floating model [41]. The present research sought to identify sustainable subsets of site alternatives with regard to the results for the Mosha fault model presented by the JICA and CEST based on the proposed approach.…”

A prioritization model for locating relief logistic centers using analytic hierarchy process with interval comparison matrix

“…These main criteria were then divided into many corresponding sub criteria, and fuzzy group decision-making technique was used to evaluate the emergency management system. Omidvar et al [18] have considered accessibility, water supply, size, security and protection, climate condition, soil condition and economic condition for selecting shelter areas. They investigated ranking of shelter areas by applying different methods including AHP, ELECTERE, SAW and TOPSIS.…”

Multicriteria Decision-Making Method for Sustainable Site Location of Post-Disaster Temporary Housing in Urban Areas

“…Therefore, because site selection for TH is a process that involves various criteria (Kelly 2010;Omidvar et al 2013) and different stakeholders, decision makers need help dealing with the selection of the most suitable options by considering multiple criteria with respect to the requirements and characteristics of all of the involved stakeholders.…”