Determining The Paths of Urban Expansion for The City of Kirkuk Using The Hierarchical Analysis – Multi - Criteria Decision - Making Method
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Abstract
The research aims to choose the paths of urban expansion by
adopting a correct scientific approach that enhances the
methodology of spatial analysis of the most appropriate sites
by studying indicators that affect the city, and since the
hierarchical analysis method is a scientific method, i.e. the twoway
comparison process, the comparison of couples is the one
who reaches the relative weights of factors or Indicators and
evaluation. Therefore, spatial decision-making usually
includes many criteria that reflect the opinions and decisions
of decision-makers, experts, interested parties and
stakeholders to determine the paths of urban expansion, and
because of these multiple opinions and decisions, all these
matters must be resolved through the adoption of a strategy of
direct integration into the environment of information systems
programs. The geographical representation of the results of the
hierarchical analysis, which was based on the weights of all
factors, i.e. the main and sub-indicators obtained from the
Expert Choice program, which worked on the integration and
integration of multi-criteria capabilities by creating an
integrated integrated unit, which proved to provide and
provide practical and scientific solutions to decision makers in
the least possible time and cost. Effort as well as its ability and
competence to provide technical support to planning decision
makers. Through what we mentioned in the study of assessing
the spatial suitability of urban expansion, we obtained the
results of the most appropriate, most and least appropriate for
the areas of determining the paths of urban expansion in the
city of Kirkuk.
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