Land Suitability Assessment of Green Infrastructure Development A Case Study of Pendik District (Turkey)

Ustaoglu, Eda and Cagdas Aydınoglu, Arif (2019) Land Suitability Assessment of Green Infrastructure Development A Case Study of Pendik District (Turkey). TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 12 (2). pp. 165-178. ISSN 1970-9870

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Abstract

Urban green space, an integral part of urban ecosystems, provides important environmental and social services that mitigate environmental problems caused by rapid urbanisation and urban sprawl. Urban planning and policy aim at optimising the benefits obtained from urban green spaces. The analytic hierarch process (AHP) is a commonly used technique for suitability assessment of land uses. The traditional AHP method is criticised for its subjectivity and uncertainty. Considering this, Fuzzy-AHP has been introduced as an advanced methodology in dealing with the uncertainty in the decision making process. In this study, we compared the two methods of AHP and fuzzy-AHP integrated with geographic information systems (GIS) for the suitability assessment of Pendik district, Istanbul regarding green space development. First, criteria and sub-criteria were determined and the corresponding weights were assigned based on literature and experts’ knowledge. This is followed by preparation of spatial maps integrated with the corresponding weights and development of final suitability maps in both methods of AHP and fuzzy-AHP. Our results show that high suitability areas are mainly distributed in the southern part of Pendik district around the existing urban green infrastructure. In both maps obtained from AHP and fuzzy-AHP, more than 30 percent of the study area has the potential for green space development.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Urban Green Space, Land Suitability Analysis, AHP, Fuzzy-AHP, GIS, Turkey
Subjects:	700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) > 711.094 Urbanistica - Europa (Pianificazione territoriale - Europa)
Depositing User:	Rosa Anna La Rocca
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2021 15:24
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2021 15:24
URI:	http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19456

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