Micro, Macro & Mezzo Geoinformation (Dec 2020)
WEIGHING FACTORS IN AN ANALITICAL HIERARCY PROCESS (AHP) FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR DAM CONSTRUCTION IN POGRAXHË IN KOSOVO
Abstract
Nowadays, the collection of geospatial data and analysis through Geographic Information System (GIS) can provide a very valuable analysis which narrows down the most suitable locations for the dam construction. There are no fixed conditions to be used for the Determining of potential location for dam construction. Based on results and solutions presented in many scientific papers, there are some main factors that should be considered in order to obtain the result of analysis in determining the potential location for a dam construction. The number of factors and the priority rank as well are not fixed, and it might change depending on the collected data, study area and priorities that experts recommend to be considered for the analysis. According to Saaty (1977) in analytical hierarchy process (AHP) where in the basis of their significance, factors are weighed and compared to each other. In this case, the result of the analysis will be provided after a multicriteria decision making. An important part of the selected criteria and its priority weight to one another, it is the Determining of random consistency index (RI). According to Saaty (1977) consistency index shows weather the pair wise comparison between criteria used in analysis, are acceptable in AHP.
