Research Article
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Supporting Tool in Public Facilities Planning: A Case Study on the City of Nasiriyah
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2315484, author={Ahmed Salman Hasan and Khaldoon T. Falih}, title={Using Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Supporting Tool in Public Facilities Planning: A Case Study on the City of Nasiriyah}, proceedings={Proceedings of 2nd International Multi-Disciplinary Conference Theme: Integrated Sciences and Technologies, IMDC-IST 2021, 7-9 September 2021, Sakarya, Turkey}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={IMDC-IST}, year={2022}, month={1}, keywords={geographic information system park facilities planning city planning}, doi={10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2315484} }- Ahmed Salman Hasan
Khaldoon T. Falih
Year: 2022
Using Geographic Information System (GIS) as a Supporting Tool in Public Facilities Planning: A Case Study on the City of Nasiriyah
IMDC-IST
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.7-9-2021.2315484
Abstract
The accessibility and development of new park facilities is an important aspect of city planning. Nasiriyah (Iraq) is a city that is in dire need of park facilities. Thus, this study aims to examine the availability of the land and select the optimum locations for public parks in the city. To achieve this, first, the existing public parks are investigated using carried out within the framework of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) by integrating with Geographic Information System (GIS). Then, a Euclidean-allocation model was used to provide a useful tool for the allocation of public facilities and to measure the accessibility for the best locations of parks. Using a decision support system software with weighting three attributes of land availability, land value, and population density. The final results identified 6 potential sites which represent only 2.1% of the total area as the most suitable land for parks.