Determining The Paths of Urban Expansion for The City of Kirkuk Using The Hierarchical Analysis – Multi - Criteria Decision - Making Method

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.