Abolghasem Taghi Zad Fanid; Peyman Qudsi; Saeid Bosak
Volume 3, Issue 9 , November 2023, , Pages 77-96
Abstract
The industrial sector is very important for the Iranian economy in terms of employment and exports and choosing an industrial site is one of the key critical decisions in the process of setting up, expanding or relocating all kinds of industrial systems and one of the most important and longest decisions ...
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The industrial sector is very important for the Iranian economy in terms of employment and exports and choosing an industrial site is one of the key critical decisions in the process of setting up, expanding or relocating all kinds of industrial systems and one of the most important and longest decisions that, operational managers are faced with, Deciding on the location of the new industrial facility. Based on this, the aim of this study was to choose the suitable location for industries based on swara and fuzzy methods in Kermanshah province and in the GIS environment. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and analytical in terms of nature and method. In this study, multi-criteria decision-making models have been used to evaluate land suitability to suggest suitable locations for industrial areas in Kermanshah province. Geographic information systems (GIS) and multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) are combined to specifically Identify the suitable areas for industries. To determine the best industrial site, ten criteria were used. The selected criteria were determined by Collecting experts’ opinions and using the Swara technique. These criteria include the distance from surface water, Slope, distance from urban and rural areas, distance from road, protected areas, distance from fault areas, land use type, temperature and rain map. Then all the criteria were entered into Gis with the same format and standardized. The results of this research show that, From the total area of 24640 square kilometers of Kermanshah province, 9.11 percent, equivalent to 2224.37 hectares at a completely suitable level, 26 percent, equivalent to 6414.09 hectares at the appropriate level, 18.69 percent, equivalent to 4606.09 hectares at the level of Indifference, 26 percent, equivalent to 22.6393 hectares in an unsuitable level And 14.5%, equivalent to 3574.80 hectares, are located at a completely unsuitable level for establishing industries in Kermanshah province.
