The assessment of land suitability for urban development in the anticipated rapid urbanization area from the Belt and Road Initiative: A case study of Nong Khai City, Thailand

Assessment of Sustainable Development Suitability in Linear Cultural Heritage—A Case of Beijing Great Wall Cultural Belt

“…AHP has been applied in areas such as urban planning, environmental sciences, tourism management, and agriculture [34][35][36][37]. Despite concerns regarding the uncertainty of the AHP, the majority of studies have demonstrated that the AHP-generated suitability maps are not significantly different from those generated via other methods at the final step [9,38]. AHP is still an effective technique in terms of evaluating heritage areas, particularly in multi-dimensional and multi-indicator studies, because, in addition to its simplicity and adaptability, it requires fewer skills than other techniques [39,40].…”

“…In multipurpose spatial decision-making studies, the combined GIS and AHP approach can select areas based on various objectives and criteria and support decisionmaking in heritage and regional planning [9,20]. However, most studies lack the consideration of complex spatial characteristics or disregard the variability in different regions after conducting a global assessment; therefore, this study employs a triangle illustration method to examine the suitability typology of internal regions after conducting a sustainability suitability assessment of LCH.…”

“…Development suitability is a prerequisite for regional economic development. Development suitability analysis is a mapping process used by urban and rural planners to find the most suitable area for each decision, and it has growing importance in supporting and informing the promotion of cultural resource conservation, ecological improvement, and economic development growth in heritage regions [9,25]. The United Nations' 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for a more excellent balance between sustainable development's economic, social, and environmental dimensions [18,26].…”

“…Since the development of LCH involves complex factors, such as cultural preservation, ecological sensitivity, and economic base, and is unevenly distributed geographically, it is necessary to establish comprehensive assessment indicators and scientific evaluation methods to aid decision makers in formulating differentiated spatial development strategies. However, most existing studies have focused on ecological reserves, agricultural land, urban land, and other objects, and LCH has not been evaluated with regard to its suitability for sustainable development [9,10].…”

Development of a Land Suitability Analysis Model for Slums Relocation: The Case of Cairo, Egypt

“…Subsequently, LSA has been used in studies associated with a range of different environmental phenomena. For instance, it has been used to map and model urban areas for different particular purposes (Bamrungkhul and Tanaka, 2022; Foroozesh et al, 2022; Hao et al, 2022; Ismaeel and Elsayed, 2022; Saleem et al, 2022) . The driving concept of LSA is to provide decision-makers with the necessary information to evaluate a site suitability for a particular purpose.…”