تحقيقات جغرافيايی (Dec 2017)

Area locating for high-rise building for preapared zone (Case of study: Mashhad north west area)

  • Vahid Tajik,
  • Mohsen Askari,
  • AmirHossein Nalaei,
  • Mohammadmehdi Mehdinia

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 3
pp. 163 – 174

Abstract

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In the present study, through derivation of some binding principles and criteria generalizable to other research sites and also by incorporating multi-criteria decision making models and using GIS software, some arenas in north-west of Mashhad city are detected that are prone to high-rise building. This article is based on an applied research and in terms of nature and methodology, it is a descriptive-analytic one. Data collection process is performed through attributive and survey-based methods. Investigating the influential factors, some criteria and indices are identified in four dimensions including physical-spatial, access and infrastructures, environmental quality and economic; and the values are determined though Analysis Hierarchy Process (AHP) method in Expert Choice software. The layers are incorporated and overlaid through GIS software. Then, the abovementioned arenas of north-west of Mashhad are prioritized.

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